Empire Lake
British Steam merchant
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Name Empire Lake
Completed 1941 - Wm. Gray & Co. Ltd, West Hartlepool
Owner J.A. Billmeir & Co Ltd, London
Homeport London
Date of attack 15 Jul 1943 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth)
Position 21° 27'S, 51° 47'E - Grid KF 9169
Complement 38 (31 dead and 7 survivors).
Route Durban - Aden
Cargo Coal
History Built for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT)
At 18.01 hours on 15 July 1943 the unescorted Empire Lake (Master Richard John Sproul) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 about 240 miles east of Madagascar. The master, 24 crew members and six gunners were lost. Five crew members and two gunners landed at Farafangana, Madagascar.