SS Empire Fusilier

History
Name
  • Mincio (1921-40)
  • Empire Fusilier (1940-42)
Owner
  • Pietro Ravano Fu Marco (1921-30)
  • Unione Società Anonima di Navigazione (1930-1940)
  • Ministry of Shipping (1940-41)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1941-42)
Operator
  • Pietro Ravano Fu Marco (1921-30)
  • Unione Società Anonima di Navigazione (1930-1940)
  • Watts, Watts & Co. (1940-42)
Port of registry
BuilderCantiere Cerusa
Launched1921
Out of service9 February 1942
Identification
  • Italy Official Number 1042 (1921–40)
  • Code Letters NYZO (1921–34)
  • Code Letters IBEW (1934–40)
  • United Kingdom Official Number 166306 (1940–42)
  • Code Letters GMJG (1940–42)
FateTorpedoed and sunk
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage5.404 GRT, 3,184 NRT
Length120.14 m (394 ft 2 in)
Beam15.77 m (51 ft 9 in)
Depth8.38 m (27 ft 6 in)
Installed powerTriple expansion steam engine, 337 NHP
Crew41, plus 6 DEMS gunners (Empire Fusilier)
Location where Empire Fusilier was torpedoed and sunk

Empire Fusilier was cargo ship which was built as Mincio in 1921 by Cantiere Cerusa, Voltri, Italy for Pietro Ravano Fu Marco, Genoa. She was seized as a prize of war in 1940, passing to the Ministry of Shipping and renamed Empire Fusilier, serving until torpedoed and sunk by U-85 in 1942.

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