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Oriental Tankers Ltd. (Standard Transp. Co. Ltd.), Hong Kong
Edwy R. Brown - (1938-1941)
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( All photos thanks to the Fam. Bob Purvis )
 
Presumed to be the oil tanker "Edwy R. Brown" loading at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1940.
 
1940 convoy duty in the Atlantic: captioned "a head sea".
 
The m.v. "Edwy R. Brown",  seen here at anchorage in Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 1940
10455 tons displacement carrying 14500 tons oil products
sunk by U-103 at 06.33 hours on 17 Feb, 1941 when a straggler to convoy HX-107. The master, 47 crew and 2 gunners dead - no survivors.
 
1940: Convoy duty ~ the "Edwy R. Brown" at anchorage Halifax, Nova Scotia.
 
Officer on deck and the ship's twelve-pounder gun.

Additional information Starke & Schell registers :

EDWY R. BROWN - 1938   BR   1M (aft)  (12)
10,455 GRT for Oriental Tankers, Ltd., London  (Hong Kong)    490.2 x 70.0
Tanker build by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone  (4)  #1199    166409
1940 - Oriental Trade & Transport Co., Ltd., London  (Toronto)
Torpedoed and sunk by U 103, 17 Feb 1941, in convoy 59.50N-19.40W,
voyage Aruba via Bermuda - Liverpool, petroleum products,
missing since dropping from convoy 14 Feb, lost with all hands.

The Miramar Ship Index for "EDWY R. BROWN"
IDNo:
1166409
Year:
1938
Name:
EDWY R. BROWN
Launch Date:
15.01.1938
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
03.1938
Flag:
GBR
Keel:

DWT:
Yard No:
1199
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
149.4
Country of build:
ITA
Beam:
21.3
Builder:
Riuniti Adriatico
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Monfalcone
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1D-12

Subsequent History:
-

Disposal Data:
Torpedoed and sunk by U 103 at 61.00 N / 18.00 W on 18.02.1941 (all dead)

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Name change
Registered Owner
166409
1166409
1938
EDWY R. BROWN
10455
-
Oriental Tankers

Additional information from Uboat.net :

Name: Edwy R. Brown
Type: Motor tanker
Tonnage: 10.455 tons
Completed: 1938 - Cantiere Riuniti dell´Adriatico, Monfalcone
Owner: Oriental Tankers Ltd (Standard Transp. Co Ltd), Hong Kong
Homeport: London
Date of attack: 17 Feb, 1941
Nationality: British
Fate: Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze)
Position: 61N, 18W - Grid AL 2299
- See location on a map -
Complement: 50 (50 dead - no survivors)
Convoy: HX-107 (straggler)
Route: Aruba - Halifax - Liverpool
Cargo: Clean petroleum products
History:
Notes on loss: At 06.33 hours on 17 Feb, 1941, the Edwy R. Brown (Master Andrew Chalmers),
a straggler from convoy HX-107, was torpedoed and sunk by U-103 southeast of Iceland.
The master, 47 crew members and two gunners were lost.