EMPIRE WARRIOR

Empire Warrior was a 1,306 GRT cargo ship which was built by Hamburg-Elbe Schiffsbau, Hamburg. Speed 10 noths 75m length width 11m Completed in 1921 as Bianca. Sold in 1927 to A Kirsten, Hamburg and renamed Elbe. Captured on 20 October 1939 in the North Sea by HMS Transylvania and escorted to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. To MoWT and renamed Empire Warrior. Damaged on 19 June 1941 by bombing off Villa Real , Portugal.when she was preparing to enter the Guadiana river with the propose to provide the S. Domingos mines with coal. Crew rescued by a Marinha Portuguesa destroyer. A trawler attempted to tow her to shallow water but she broke free and sank.mile and a half south of Guadiana river bar loaded with 1300 tons of coal