At 08.18 hours on 19 February 1941 the unescorted Empire Blanda (Master George Alan Duncan), a straggler from station #24 in convoy HX-107 since 18 February, was hit on starboard side amidships by one G7e torpedo from U-69 while steaming in rough seas about 160 miles south of Iceland. The ship had been missed with a spread of two torpedoes at 07.44 hours and a single torpedo at 08.01 hours, so the U-boat went closer to fire the fourth torpedo from a distance of only 400 meters and was almost hit by falling debris because the ship sank by the bow within 20 seconds after four heavy detonations that presumably were boiler explosions. The master, 37 crew members, one gunner and one passenger were lost.