MV Empire City explained

Empire City was a cargo ship which was built in 1943 by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was torpedoed and sunk on 6 August 1944 by .

Description

Empire City was built by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. She was launched on 15 July 1943.[1]

The ship was 428feet long, with a beam of 56feet and a depth of 35feet. She had a GRT of 7,295 and a NRT of 4,941.[2]

The ship was propelled by a 2-stroke Single Cycle Single Action diesel engine, which had eight cylinders of NaNinches diameter by NaNinches stroke.[2]

History

Empire City was built for the MoWT. She was placed under the management of the A Weir & Co Ltd. Her port of registry was Sunderland. The Code Letters BFLB and the United Kingdom Official Number 180046 were allocated.[2]

Empire City was a member of a number of convoys in the Second World War.

ON 212Convoy ON 212 departed Liverpool on 19 November 1943 and arrived at New York on 5 December.[3] Empire City had departed from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 18 November. She was equipped with anti-torpedo nets on this voyage.[4]
DKA 21Empire City was a member of Convoy DKA 21, which departed Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa bound for Port Said, Egypt via Aden. Empire City was carrying a cargo of 8,403 tons of coal. On 6 August 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by off Mocímboa da Praia, Portuguese East Africa (-11.55°N 66°W). Two crew (Engineers) were killed. The surviving 48 crew and 20 DEMS gunners were rescued. They were landed at Pekawi, Portuguese East Africa.[5] U-198 was sunk on 12 August.[6] Those lost on Empire City are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mitchell . W.H. . Sawyer . L.A. . 1995 . The Empire Ships . not cited . Lloyd's of London Press Ltd . London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong . 1-85044-275-4.
  2. Web site: LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS . Plimsoll Ship Data . 8 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211652/http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=43b1105.pdf . 3 March 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: CONVOY ON 212 . Warsailors . 8 April 2010.
  4. Web site: ON Convoys – 1941-1945, Convoy ON 201 through ON 249 . Warsailors . 8 April 2010.
  5. Web site: Empire City . U-boat . 8 April 2010.
  6. Web site: U-198 . Uboat . 10 May 2011.
  7. Web site: Ship Index A-F . Brian Watson . 20 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006025450/http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Ship%20Index%20A-F.html . 6 October 2011 . dead .

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