D/T Empire Lytton
- Call sign
- BDZS
- Shipping company
- Nationality
Great Britain- Home port
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1942
- Yard number
- 343
- Month of delivery
- august
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Torpedoed, 9.1.1943
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 9.807
- Net tonnage:
- 5.778
Engine
- Propulsion:
- Engine size:
- NHK 674
- Speed:
- 10,5
Dimensions
- Length:
- 503.8'
- Beam:
- 68.3'
- Draft:
- 36.1'
HISTORIKK:
v/H.Larsson-Fedde.8/1942: Ministry of War Transport(Harris & Dixon Ltd) Middlesbrough,U.K. - EMPIRE LYTTON
1/1943: Torpedert og senket 9/1 av tysk ubåt U 442 (Fregattenkapitän Hans-Joachim Hesse) i pos. N 28.08', W 28.20'-vest av Canary øyene på reise i konvoi TM-1 fra Curacao-Trinidad til Gibraltar med en last av flybensin. 15 personer omkom. 33 reddet.
Se også:
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2579.htmlShipwreck location
Latitude: 28.1333
Longitude: -28.3333Sources
http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2579.html
