Empire Jaguar
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| Name | Empire Jaguar | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.186 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Uchida Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Yokohama | ||
| Owner | Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Dec, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 51.34N, 17.35W - Grid AL 9646 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (37 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | OB-252 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as American Eastern Glade for US Shipping Board, Seattle; 1927 sold to American South African Line, New York; 1935 sold to Prudential SS Corp, New York. On 23 Aug, 1940, given to Britain and renamed Empire Jaguar by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.32 hours on 9 Dec, 1940, the Empire Jaguar (Master Hywel Tudor Thomas), a straggler from convoy OB-252, was torpedoed and sunk by U-103 296 miles 248° from Slyne Head. The master and 36 crew members were lost. | ||
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