The SS Star of Suez was an Egyptian cargo ship built in 1926 by D & W Henderson Co. Ltd. She was owned by Alexandria Steam Navigation Co. between 1938 and her sinking in 1942.
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The MV Empire Spenser was a British war tanker built in 1942 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., and owned by the Ministry of War Transport. She was to meet her end on 8th December 1942.
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The SS Sambridge was a British cargo ship built in 1943 by Permanente Metals Corp. and owned by the Ministry of War and Transport. The Sambridge would unfortunately complete only four months in service before it was sunk.
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The SS Empire Path was a British cargo ship built in 1943 by John Readhead & Sons Ltd., in South Shields. She was owned by the Ministry of War and Transport until her loss in 1944, less than a year before the end of WW2.
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The SS Teano was a British cargo ship built in 1925 by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. At the time of her sinking, she was owned by Ellerman Wilson Line Ltd.
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The SS Empire Sunrise was a British cargo ship built in 1941 by Joseph L. Thompson & Sons in Sunderland, UK. In the year between her launch and her sinking, she was owned by Nitrate Producers Steamship Co.
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The MV Brittany was a British cargo ship built in 1928 by Mcmillan A. & Son Ltd. At the time of her sinking, she was owned by Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd.
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The SS Barrwhin was a British cargo ship. Built in 1929 by Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd. and owned by Sir Wm Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd., she was carrying 8,200 tonnes of grain and military stores at the time of her sinking on 29th October 1942 whilst in convoy from Halifax, Canada to London, UK.
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The SS Erviken was a Norwegian cargo ship. Built in 1921 by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, her owner at the time of her sinking was Wallem & Co. Ltd. Erviken was captained by Paul Heesch and had a crew of 38.
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The MV Nikolina Matkovic was a Yugoslavian cargo ship built in 1919 by Long Beach Shipbuilding Co. She was owned by Brodarsko Poduzece Eugen Matkovic between 1937 and her sinking in 1942.
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