SS EMBASSAGE
	Courtesy John McCabe

On August 27, 1941, SS Embassage (with a cargo of 8540 tons of general cargo, including motor transport and aircraft ) was travelling in convoy OS.4 routing from Hull to Bathurst and Pepel. At 0426 hours, in position 54N, 13W (about 100 miles west of Achill Island) the Embassage was torpedoed and sunk by U-557. The master (Edward Kiddie), 32 crew members and six gunners were lost. Three crew members were picked up after four days by the Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine and landed at Greenock. The Captain, thirty-one crew and one gunner are commemorated on Tower Hill Panel 37 and one crewmember is buried on the Isle of Lewis.

BEAUGLASS, Chief Officer, JOHN ALEXANDER, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 29. Son of Benjamin and Margaret Beauglass.

CASSIDY, Second Officer, FREDERICK GRANVILLE McG., S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 31.

CLARKE, Fireman and Trimmer, ARTHUR, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 32. Son of Ernest William and Henrietta Clarke.

COSTELLO, Fireman and Trimmer, RAYMOND PETER, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 28. Husband of E. Costello, of Hull.

CUNNINGHAM, Steward, FREDERICK, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 30. Son of James Cunningham, and of Esther Cunningham, of Barry, Glamorgan. His brother Thomas Francis perished with him.

CUNNINGHAM, Baker, THOMAS FRANCIS, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 22. Son of James Cunningham, and of Esther Cunningham, of Barry, Glamorgan. His brother Frederick perished with him.

ELLIOTT, Carpenter, RALPH, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 46. Buried Ardroil Cemetery, Uig, Isle of Lewis - Ross and Cromarty

ELLIS, Second Engineer Officer, ROBERT CHRISTOPHER, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 39. Son of Samuel and Isabel Ellis; husband of Sylvia Ellis, of Windbrook, Gateshead, Co.

EMSLEY-MIDGLEY, Able Seaman, HENRY, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 20. Son of Arthur Emsley-Midgley, and of Bertha Emsley-Midgley, of Keyingham, Yorkshire.

GIPPERT, Steward, JOSEPH, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 9th February 1940. Age 63. Husband of Mary J. Gippert, of Seaham, Co. Durham.

GOODFELLOW, Apprentice, EDWARD, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 17. Son of Luke Weatheritt Goodfellow and Eva Goodfellow, of Alnwick, Northumberland.

GRIMWOOD, Third Officer, THOMAS GEORGE, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 30. Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Mary Grimwood, of Stannerburn, Northumberland.

HOWARD, Galley Boy, LESLIE, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 17. Son of Harold and Jane Ann Howard, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

HUMPHRIES, Fourth Engineer Officer, HARRY LESTER STOREY, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 20.

KELSEY, Apprentice, WILLIAM, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 31st August 1941. Age 17. Son of William Wilson Kelsey and Ada Kelsey, of North Brunton, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

KENNEDY, Fireman and Trimmer, JOHN, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 41.

KIDDIE, Master, EDWARD, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 31. Son of David and Elizabeth Kiddie; husband of Margaret Ruth Kiddie, of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

LAW, Chief Engineer Officer, ROBERT, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 57. Son of Robert and Esther Law; husband of Jessie Law, of Holgate, York.

MASON, First Radio Officer, JOSEPH ALMA, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 33.

MORRIS, Mess Room Boy, WILLIAM SAMUEL, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 28th August 1941. Age 16. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Morris, of Colwall, Worcestershire.

McCABE, Cabin Boy, HUGH, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle- on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 17. Son of Hugh and Elizabeth McCabe, of North Shields, Northumberland.

McEWAN, Second Radio Officer, ROBERT COUPER, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 20. Son of Ewan and G. M. J. McEwan.

OWEN, Fireman and Trimmer, ARTHUR ALBERT, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 47. Son of John Melvin Owen and Anne Owen; husband of Lillian Owen, of Hull.

PARKIN, Greaser, JOHN ALMA INKERMAN, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 30.

REED, Greaser, FRED, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 44.

ROBERTS, Donkeyman, CHARLES EDWARD BRAITHWAITE, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 29. Son of Charles and Jessie Braithwaite Roberts; husband of Muriel Roberts, of Barry, Glamorgan.

SALKELD, Fireman and Trimmer, GEORGE, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 44.

SYLVESTER, Third Engineer Officer, SYDNEY, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 30.

TAYLOR, Apprentice, JOHN WHITFIELD, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 16. Son of Richard Edward and Tamar Taylor, of Whitley Bay, Northumberland.

VARLEY, Apprentice, FREDERICK SYDNEY, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 17. Son of Lilian Gladys Varley, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.

WILSTROP, Ordinary Seaman, RICHARD, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 17.

WOOD, Able Seaman, ARTHUR, S.S. Embassage (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 27th August 1941. Age 37. Husband of Elizabeth E. Wood, of Hull.

WATKINSON, Able Seaman, HAROLD, D/JX 238634. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. Lost in S.S. Embassage. 27th August 1941. Age 23. Son of Harold and Margaret Watkinson, of Chapeltown, Sheffield.

Commemorative data kindly provided by Billy McGee: http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/.