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Clan Macphee

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1911 Clan Macphee Sir Charles W. Cayzer
1915 Clan Macphee Clan Line Steamers Ltd.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by U-30, (Kapitanleutnant Fritz Julius Lemp), in the North Atlantic, 57.30N/17.14W, on August 16th, 1940. On voyage from Liverpool to Bombay with general cargo.  Hungarian ship KELLET (ex TREGARTHEN (II), built by J. Readheads in 1913,) picked up 35 survivors. She was also sunk by U-30, only 18 of CLAN MACPHEE crew survived. Master Thomas Phillip Butler Cramwill.

 

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