Empire Thunder
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| Name | Empire Thunder | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,965 tons | ||
| Completed | 1940 - Wm. Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | F. Carrick & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Jan 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Georg-Wilhelm Schulz) | ||
| Position | 59.14N, 12.43W - Grid AM 1497 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (9 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-269 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Sunderland - Oban - William Head, Washington | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.37 hours on 6 Jan, 1941, the Empire Thunder (Master William Dowell), a straggler from convoy OB-269 due to an engine breakdown, was torpedoed and sunk by U-124 north-northeast of Rockall. Nine crew members were lost. The master and 29 crew members were picked up by the British armed boarding vessel HMS Kingston Onyx (Lt R. Walgate) and landed at Stornoway, Hebrides on 8 January. | ||
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