Empire Statesman
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| Name | Empire Statesman | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,306 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Ansaldo SA, Genoa-Sestri | ||
| Owner | Walter Runciman & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Dec 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-94 (Herbert Kuppisch) | ||
| Position | 53.40N, 17.00W - Grid AL 9616 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (31 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SLS-56 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Pepel - Freetown (19 Nov) - Oban - Middlesbrough | ||
| Cargo | Iron ore | ||
| History | built as Italian steam merchant Ansaldo VIII for Societa Nazionale di Navigazione, Genoa; 1925 renamed Ansaldo Ottavo for same owner; 1928 renamed Pellice for Tito Campanella Soc. di. Nav, Genoa; 1928 converted to motor merchant and sold to Società Commericale di Navigazione, Genoa. On 10 Jun, 1940, the Pellice was seized by Britain at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and renamed Empire Statesman by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.12 hours on 11 Dec, 1940, the Empire Statesman (Master James Brown), a straggler from convoy SLS-56, was torpedoed and sunk by U-94 west of Ireland. The master and 30 crew members were lost. | ||
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