{{Short description|Collier}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |country=[[Austria-Hungary]] |flag={{Shipboxflag|Austria-Hungary|naval}} |name= SMS ''Teodo'' |namesake=[[Tivat|Teodo]] (Tivat) |builder= [[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino]] (STT), [[Trieste]] |laid_down= 14 March 1914 |launched= 8 January 1915 |completed= 17 February 1916 |yard_number= 501 |fate=Ceded to Italy as [[war reparation]], 1921 }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= |flag= |name=*1921: ''Teodo'' *1924: ''Barbana'' *1926: ''Barbana G'' *1940: ''Empire Airman'' |acquired= |commissioned= |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= |owner=*1921: Italian Government, Ministry of Transport *1924: Ministry of Marine, Italy *1926: Società Anonima di Navigazione Garibaldi, Genoa *1940: Ministry of War Transport |operator=*Owner operated except:- *Mark Whitwill & Son Ltd, Bristol (1940) |registry=*1921: {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy|civil}} Genoa *1940: {{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} Newcastle upon Tyne |fate=Sunk, 23 September 1940 |identification=*Italian official number 1496 (1926-40) *UK Official Number 165788 (1940) *Code letters NFVG (1926-40) *{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Victor}}{{ICS|Golf}} *Code letters GLZT (1940) *{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Lima}}{{ICS|Zulu}}{{ICS|Tango}} |notes= }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |tonnage= {{GRT|6561}} |displacement=13,200 tons<ref name=Stile>{{cite web |url=http://www.stile.coventry.ac.uk/cbs/staff/beech/ahnavy/teodo.htm |title=Teodo 17 Feb 1916 |publisher=stile.coventry.ac |access-date=2008-12-19 |archive-date=20 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220041416/http://www.stile.coventry.ac.uk/cbs/staff/beech/ahnavy/teodo.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |length= {{convert|449|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} |beam= {{convert|55|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |depth={{convert|34|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}} |propulsion= 1 × [[triple-expansion steam engine]] (STT) {{convert|369|hp|kW|abbr=on}} |complement= 112 (as SMS ''Teodo'')<ref name=Stile/> |crew=37 (as ''Empire Airman'')<ref name=Uboat/> |speed= {{convert|14|kn}} |notes= }} }} {{location map|North Atlantic|width=304 |lat=54 |long=-18 |caption=Approximate location of the sinking of ''Empire Airman''. }} '''SMS ''Teodo''''' was a 6,561-ton [[collier (ship type)|collier]] built in 1915 for the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]]. She was ceded to Italy in 1921 as a [[war reparation]]. She was renamed '''''Barbana''''' in 1924 and '''''Barbana G''''' in 1926. In 1940, she was seized by the United Kingdom and renamed '''''Empire Airman'''''. On 21 September 1940, ''Empire Airman'' was torpedoed and sunk by the {{Ship|German submarine|U-100|1940|6}}.
==History== SMS ''Teodo'' was built by [[Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino]], [[Trieste]] as yard number 501 and launched on 8 January 1913, being completed on 17 February 1916.<ref name=Miramar>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=1165788|accessdate=2008-12-19}}</ref> SMS ''Teodo'' was a Pola Class collier of the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]].<ref name=Pola>{{cite web |url=http://www.hicon.pl/~pothkan/hhwn/AH-Aux.html |title=Colliers |publisher=hicon.pl |access-date=2008-12-19 |archive-date=25 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125122547/http://hicon.pl/~pothkan/hhwn/AH-Aux.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the end of the [[First World War]], under Article 137 of the [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)|Treaty of Saint-Germain]], SMS ''Teodo'' was classed as a merchant ship<ref name=Germaine>{{cite web|url=http://www.emersonkent.com/historic_documents/saint_germain_1919.pdf |title=Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Austria; Protocol, Declaration and Special Declaration |publisher=emersonkent.com |access-date=2008-12-19}}</ref> and passed to the Italian Government Ministry of Transport. In 1924, she was passed to the Italian Ministry of Marine and renamed ''Barbana''. In 1926, she was sold to the Società Anonima di Navigazione Garibaldi, Genoa and renamed ''Barbana G''.<ref name=Uboat/> On 6 November 1929, she collided with the Italian cargo ship {{SS|Atlantide|1898|2}} in the [[Nieuwe Waterweg]] at [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands. ''Atlantide'' was consequently beached.<ref name=Times071129a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 November 1929 |page=25 |issue=45354 |column=A }}</ref> ''Barbana G'' was captured off [[Leith]] and taken to [[Methil]]<ref name=Uboat>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/549.html |title=Empire Airman |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2008-12-19}}</ref> on 10 June 1940 and passed to the [[Ministry of War Transport]], being renamed ''Empire Airman''<ref name=Mariner>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireA.html |title=Empire - A |publisher=Mariners |access-date=2008-12-19}}</ref> under the management of Mark Whitwill & Sons Ltd, [[Bristol]].<ref name=Airman>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/40/40a1056.pdf |title=NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsollshipdata |access-date=2008-12-19}}</ref>
===Convoys=== [[Convoy HX 72]] sailed from [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] on 9 September 1940.<ref name=Purnell>{{cite web|url= https://canonesa.uk/|title=Canonesa, Convoy HX72 & U-100 |last=Purnell |first=Tom |website=canonesa.uk |access-date=18 November 2025}}</ref> ''Empire Airman'' was carrying a cargo of iron ore,<ref name=Purnell>{{cite web|url= https://canonesa.uk/|title=Canonesa, Convoy HX72 & U-100 |last=Purnell |first=Tom |website=canonesa.uk |access-date=18 November 2025}}</ref> she was bound for [[Cardiff]].<ref name=Ubootwaffe>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/ships.cgi?boat=100;nr=13 |title=EMPIRE AIRMAN |publisher=Ubootwaffe.net |access-date=2008-12-19 |archive-date=25 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325064050/http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/ships.cgi?boat=100;nr=13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At 00:22 on 22 September, ''Empire Airman'' was hit by a torpedo fired by the {{GS|U-100|1940|6}}. The ship was taken in tow but sank on 23 September at {{coord|55|11|N|15|07|W|display=inline,title}}. Thirty-three of the thirty-seven crew were killed in the attack. Four survivors were rescued by {{HMS|La Malouine|K46|6}}.<ref name=Uboat/> Those lost on ''Empire Airman'' are commemorated at the [[Tower Hill Memorial]], London.<ref name=THM>{{cite web |url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Ship%20Index%20A-F.html |title=Ship Index A-F |publisher=Brian Watson |access-date=20 May 2011 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006025450/http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Ship%20Index%20A-F.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Official number and code letters== Official Numbers were a forerunner to [[IMO ship identification number|IMO Numbers]]. ''Barbana G'' had the Official Number 1496 on the Italian register.<ref name=Barbanag>{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0124.pdf |title=NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=2008-12-19}}</ref> ''Empire Airman'' had the Official Number 165788 on [[Lloyds Register]].<ref name=Airman/> ''Barbana G'' used the [[Code Letters]] NFVZ.<ref name=Barbanag/> ''Empire Airman'' used the Code Letters GLZT<ref name=Airman/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/annemariepurnell/canmem3.html List of dead from ''Empire Airman''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007042636/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/annemariepurnell/canmem3.html |date=7 October 2008 }}
{{Pola-class collier}} {{1929 shipwrecks}} {{June 1940 shipwrecks}} {{September 1940 shipwrecks}} {{Empire ships}}
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