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| HMT Empire Amethyst |
Dates: 1941 - 1942 Type: Steam tanker Tonnage: 8.032 tons Completed : 1941 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough Owner : Hadley Shipping Co Ltd, London Homeport: London Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) On 23 Jan, 1942, picked up five survivors from the Inneroy, which had been sunk by U-553 (Thurmann) and landed them at Halifax. At 05.52 hours on 13 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Empire Amethyst (Master Geoffrey Durbridge Potter) was torpedoed and sunk by U-154 about 40 miles south of Haiti. The master and 45 crew members were lost.
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HMT Empire Amethyst
1941 - 1942
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