Empire Volunteer
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| Name | Empire Volunteer | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,319 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Harbour Marine Co Ltd, Victoria BC | ||
| Owner | John Cory & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Sep 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Heinrich Bleichrodt) | ||
| Position | 56.43N, 15.17W - Grid AM 1998 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (6 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-3 | ||
| Route | Wabana - Glasgow | ||
| Cargo | 7700 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | built as Canadian Traveller for Canadian Government (Merchant Marine Ltd), Montreal; 1932 renamed Italian Procida for Achille Lauro, Naples. On 10 Jun, 1940, the Procida was seized by Britain at Cardiff and renamed Empire Volunteer by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.00 hours on 15 Sep, 1940, the Empire Volunteer (Master Benjamin Pearson) in convoy SC-3 was torpedoed and sunk by U-48 65 miles west of Rockall. Six crew members were lost. The master and six crew members were picked up by the Norwegian merchant Fido and landed at Belfast. 26 crew members were picked up by the Norwegian merchant Granli and landed at Glasgow. | ||
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