Torpedoed and Sunk - 1918

Master

From

To

W H Ridgway

1903

1906

R G Becket

1906

1913

Q C Pagan

1913


C W Henderson

1917

1918

Sunk

No detail of the incident has come to hand.

On Jun. 9, 1918, defensively armed, while en route from Newport, Wales, to Port Said, Egypt with a cargo of coal, the vessel was torpedoed by UB-105, Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Marschall in command, & sunk in the Mediterranean, 115 miles WNW of Alexandria, Egypt.

At 31.55N/27.50E. 2 lives were lost.

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Clan Forbes (2)

1903

3946

115762

Wm Doxford

Sunderland

Wm Doxford

Sunderland

Triple Expansion Steam

394 NHP

2080 IHP

1

Career Summary

Built for 'The Clan Line of Steamers Limited' ('Clan Line'), of Glasgow.

In 1904 maybe, transferred to the ownership of Sir Charles W. Cayzer & in 1913 ownership reverted to Clan Line. In 1916, at a date unstated.

The vessel was attacked by UB-47. Clan Forbes fired back & when its 5th shell came close to the submarine, UB-47 gave up the chase.

Clan Forbes (2)

VBSM

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