Sister ship Empire Drum. Photo. www.photoship.co.uk
Built 1941
Tonnage: 5,970 / 3,577 tons
Cargo: 1,000 tons of chrome ore
Route: Haifa - Capetown - Trinidad - New York
Sunk 28 NOV 42 by U-508 on pos. 09º 00’N 58º 30’W
24 Dead
25 Survivors
Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT)
At 02.17 hours on 28 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Empire Cromwell (Master Philip Dent) was torpedoed and sunk by U-508 about 160 miles southeast of Galeota Point, Trinidad. The master, 20 crew members and three gunners were lost. 19 crew members and six gunners were picked up two days later by British MTB´s and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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