Empire Conveyor
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| Name | Empire Conveyor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,911 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Jun 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-122 (Hans-Günther Looff) | ||
| Position | 56.16N, 08.10W - - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (3 dead and 38 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Montreal - Manchester | ||
| Cargo | 7966 tons of wheat | ||
| History | Completed in June 1917 as British Farnworth for R. S. Dalgliesh Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1924 renamed Illinois for Harlem SS Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1926 sold to France for Cie Generale Transatlantique, Le Havre. 1934 sold to Greece and renamed Mount Pentelikon for Kulukundis Shipping Co SA, Pirĉus. 1939 sold to Germany and renamed Gloria for Orion Schiffahrts GmbH, Rostock. On 21 Oct, 1939, the Gloria was captured by HMS Sheffield (24) (Capt E. de F. Renouf, CVO, RN) on Northern Patrol in the Denmark Strait in 65°30N/22°05W. The ship had left Buenos Aires on 6 October and was taken by a prize crew (SubLt S. Phillips) to Kirkwall and later to Leith. Three German crew members tried to escape in a lifeboat, but were later captured and landed at Methil on 28 October. The vessel was renamed Empire Conveyor by the Ministry of Shipping (MOS). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 20 Jun, 1940, the unescorted Empire Conveyor (Master Finlay Black MacIntyre) was torpedoed about 50 miles south of Barra Head, Hebrides. The attacker was probably U-122, which was lost on the patrol and did not report her successes. The Empire Conveyor did not sink immediately and the tug HMS Amsterdam was sent out, escorted by HMS Atherstone (L 05) (Cdr H.W.S. Browning, RN) and HMS Campbell (D 60) (LtCdr R.M. Aubrey, RN), but she sank as the ships arrived. Three crew members were lost. The master and 37 crew members were picked up by HMS Campbell (D 60) and landed at Liverpool the next day. | ||
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