War Time Losses

Clan Line

War Time Losses

Vessel	Date	Cause	Master	Souls Lost
Clan Matheson (2)	14 September 1914	Gunfire from Emden in Indian Ocean	Capt W Harris	0
Clan Grant (2)	16 October 1914	Gunfire from Emden in Indian Ocean		0
Clan Stuart (2)	21 November 1914	Wrecked South Africa		0
HMS Clan MacNaughton (1)	03 February 1915	Lost while serving as AMC in North Atlantic	Cdr Roberts Jeffiries RN	281
Clan MacAlister (2)	06 November 1915	Torpedoed by U35 in Mediterranean		0
Clan MacLeod (3)	01 December 1915	Gunfire from U33 in Mediterranean	Capt H S Southward	12
Clan MacFarlane (1)	30 December 1915	Torpedoed by U38 in Mediterranean	Capt J W Swanston	52
Clan MacTavish (1)	22 February 1916	Gunfire and bombs from Moewe in North Atlantic	Capt W N Oliver	18
Clan Campbell (3)	03 April 1916	Torpedoed by U39 in Mediterranean	Capt W H Price	0
Clan Leslie	04 November 1916	Torpedoed by U43 in Mediterranean	Capt C W Henderson	3
Clan Shaw (2)	23 January 1917	Mined in North Atlantic	Capt G Scott	2
Clan Farquhar (1)	26 February 1917	Torpedoed by UB43 in Mediterranean	Capt Hayward	49
Clan MacMillan (1)	23 March 1917	Torpedoed by UB39 in Mediterranean	Capt G Young	0
Clan Murray (2)	29 May 1917	Torpedoed by UC55 in North Atlantic	Capt J E Woodall	64
Clan Alpine (2)	09 June 1917	Torpedoed by U60 in North Atlantic	Capt N Leslie	8
Clan Davidson (1)	24 June 1917	Torpedoed by UC17 in North Atlantic	Capt Cowrie	14
Clan MacLachlan (1)	19 July 1917	Collision with Europa in Mediterranean		6
Clan Ferguson (1)	06 September 1917	Torpedoed by UB49 in Mediterranean	Capt C Laird	10
Clan MacCorquodale	17 November 1917	Torpedoed by UB51 in Mediterranean	Capt Goodwin	0
Clan Cameron (2)	22 December 1917	Torpedoed by UB58 in English Channel	Capt Q C Pagan	0
Clan MacPherson (2)	04 March 1918	Torpedoed by UC27 in Mediterranean	Capt Mee	20
Clan MacDougall (1)	15 March 1918	Torpedoed by UB49 in Mediterranean	Capt Southward	33
Clan MacKay (3)	11 May 1918	Convoy collision with Eurypylus in North Atlantic	Capt Higgins	0
Clan Matheson (3)	23 May 1918	Convoy collision with Western Front in North Atlantic		0
Clan Forbes (2)	09 June 1918	Torpedoed by UB105 in Mediterranean	Capt W Thompson	2
Clan MacNab (3)	04 August 1918	Torpedoed by U113 in English Channel		22
Clan MacNeil (2)	06 August 1918	Torpedoed by UC34 in Mediterranean	Capt W P Smith	0
Clan MacVey	08 August 1918	Torpedoed by UB57 in English Channel	Capt C Jones	7

Figures for lives lost are approximate. They vary from source to source and are subject to variation if, for example, an injured man later dies of his wounds, or was killed during the loss of a ship which had rescued him or taken him prisoner.

The data shown here was sourced from “Clan Line - Illustrated Fleet History”

World War 1

Vessel	Date	Cause	Master	Souls Lost
Clan Chisholm (2)	17 October 1939	Torpedoed by U48 in North Atlantic	Capt F T Stenson	4
Clan Morrison	24 February 1940	Mined in North Sea		0
Clan Stuart (3)	11 March 1940	Convoy collision with Orlock Head in English Channel		0
Clan MacAlistair (3)	29 May 1940	Bombed off Dunkirk	Capt Mackie	18
Clan MacFarlane (2)	17 July 1940	Collision with Ganges in Indian Ocean		41
Clan Monroe (3)	29 July 1940	Mined in North Sea	Capt C W Banbury	13
Clan Menzies (2)	29 July 1940	Torpedoed by U99 in North Atlantic	Capt W J Hughes	6
Clan MacPhee	16 August 1940	Torpedoed by U30 in North Atlantic	Capt T P Cranwill	67
Clan MacKinlay (1)	06 November 1940	Bombed off Scotland		5
Clan MacNab (3)	17 March 1941	Convoy collision with Strix in North Atlantic		0
Clan Ogilvy (2)	21 March 1941	Torpedoed by U105 in North Atlantic	Capt E Gough	61
Clan Fraser (3)	06 April 1941	Bombed in Mediterranean	Capt J H Giles	12
Clan Cumming (2)	14 April 1941	Mined in Mediterranean		0
Clan Buchanan (3)	28 April 1941	Sunk by Pinguin in Indian Ocean	Capt D Davenport-Jones	106
Empire Song	09 May 1941	Mined in Mediterranean		17
Clan MacDougall (2)	31 May 1941	Torpedoed by U106 in North Atlantic	Capt C H Parfitt	2
Clan Chattan (2)	14 February 1942	Bombed in Mediterranean	Capt M Jones	0
Clan Campbell (4)	23 March 1942	Bombed in Mediterranean	Capt J F Vooght	10
Clan Ross (2)	02 April 1942	Torpedoed by I-6 in Indian Ocean		11
Clan Skene	10 May 1942	Torpedoed by U333 in North Atlantic	Capt E Gough	9
Clan MacQuarrie (1)	13 June 1942	Torpedoed by Leonardo da Vinci off West Africa	Capt R Douglas	1
Clan MacNaughton (2)	01 August 1942	Torpedoed by U155 in North Atlantic	Capt R J Bennet	6
Clan Ferguson (2)	12 August 1942	Torpedoed by a Heinkel 111 aircraft in Mediterranean	Capt F S Lofthouse	18
Clan MacWhirter	26 August 1942	Torpedoed by U156 in North Atlantic	Capt R S Masters	9
Clan MacTavish (2)	08 October 1942	Torpedoed by U159 in North Atlantic	Capt E E Arthur	89
Clan MacTaggart (1)	16 November 1942	Torpedoed by U92 in North Atlantic	Capt J H Crellin	3
Clan MacFadyen (2)	27 November 1942	Torpedoed by U508 in North Atlantic	Capt P E Williams	82
Clan Alpine (3)	13 March 1943	Torpedoed by U107 in North Atlantic	Capt J H Crellin	26
Clan MacIndoe (1)	26 April 1943	Fire and explosion in Mediterranean		0
Clan MacPherson (3)	01 May 1943	Torpedoed by U515 in North Atlantic	Capt E Gough	4
Clan MacArthur (3)	11 August 1943	Torpedoed by U181 in Indian Ocean	Capt J D Matthews	20

World War 2

The Clan Line at War

Clan Line saw a large number of its ships either requisitioned by the British government, or otherwise used to ship vital supplies to Britain during the First and Second World Wars.

Their ubiquitousness led to them being called the 'Scots Navy' (due to their officers' sleeve rings being identical to those of the Royal Navy) and they were often in dangerous environments, at risk from mines, air attacks or German U-boats.

During the Second World War, for example, four of the Line's Cameron class steamers were requisitioned in 1942 by the Royal Navy whilst still under construction at Greenock Dockyard and commissioned as HMS Athene (aircraft transporter), HMS Engadine (aircraft transporter) and HMS Bonaventure (submarine depot ship for X-craft) and HMS Lamont (troop transport).

The Clan Line lost a total of 30 ships in the 1939-45 war.