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Re: SS Empire Heath
Posted by: Dave H ()
Date: October 18, 2003 11:29AM

<HTML>Mary
I can offer the following:
Empire Heath - built 1941 by Bartram & Sons, Sunderland
6,643 tons 416' x 56'
Owned by the Ministry of War Transport (MOWT) whe was managed by Joseph Robinson & Sons (the Stag Line) of North Shields
She was torpedoed & sunk by the German submarine 'U-129' in the south Atlantic, in position 21.31S 29.50W, north west of the small volcanic island of Trinidade whilst sailing independently from Victoria, Brazil to Loch Ewe for orders, via Freetown, with a cargo of iron ore. The Master, William Thompson Brown DSC, 46 crew and 9 gunners and 1 passenger were lost. The chief steward was the only survivor.</HTML>

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SS Empire Heath Mary McKernan 10/18/2003 09:46AM
Re: SS Empire Heath Dave H 10/18/2003 11:29AM
Re: SS Empire Heath Mary McKernan 10/23/2003 10:01AM
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Re: SS Empire Heath Billy McGee 11/07/2003 01:56PM
Re: SS Empire Heath Mary McKernan 12/02/2003 05:03PM
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Re: SS Empire Heath Phil D 12/18/2012 07:07AM
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