Clan MacNab (4)

GHJH

On September 9th 1975 a tragic accident occurred whilst the vessel was bunkerering at Aden.

A cracked overflow sight glass next to a generator caused fuel to spray out and ignite.

In the resulting fire, four of the ship’s company lost their lives.

Electrical engineers from the German company TurboTechnik were sent out to assist rewiring the engine room.

From Andy McCulloch 3/O

The funnel had been badly discoloured by soot during the fire and I recall spending some considerable time cooling it down with a fire hose.

It was a point of honour and pride that there would be no outward evidence of the fire when we returned to UK. So I and 2/O Nick Crockett set about repainting the funnel as the crew were busy on other duties.

Explosion while Refuelling at Aden - September 1975

As New Eagle at Shanghai

Life after Clan Line

Clan MacNab Rescue Crew of Dutch Vessel Parma - September 1979

Clansman - May 1979

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Clan MacNab (4)

1961

1973 Serious explosion while at Aden

1980 Sold to Panama renamed New Eagle

9428

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

301448

Greenock Dockyard

Greenock

Wallsend Slipway

Wallsend

Motor 6 Cyl

Doxford

6000 BHP

Master	Date	Left	Destination
T A Watkinson	5/1961	Liverpool	India
	10/1961	Liverpool	S & E Africa
	2/1962	Liverpool	India
	6/1962	Liverpool	India
J G Smith	11/1962	Liverpool	India
	5/1963	Liverpool	S & E Africa
	9/1963	Liverpool	Colombo
	2/1964	Liverpool	India
J W Charles-Aukland	6/1964	Liverpool	India
	11/1964	Liverpool	S & E Africa
S R Woods	3/1965	Liverpool	S & E Africa
	12/1965	Liverpool	S & E Africa
	4/1966	Liverpool	S Africa
W Graham	8/1966	Hamburg	India & Pakistan
T R Kendra	2/1967	Liverpool	S & E Africa
	6/1967	Marseilles	S & E Africa
	10/1967	Liverpool	S Africa
	2/1968	Rotterdam	S Africa & Mauritius
	7/1968	Rotterdam	Australia
A M Kennedy	12/1968	Liverpool	Australia
	6/1969	Rotterdam	S Africa & Beira
	10/1969	Birkenhead	India & E Pakistan
	3/1970	Birkenhead	S Africa & Mauritius
H J Thorn	11/1970	Liverpool	Australia
	6/1971	Liverpool	Australia
	10/1971	Birkenhead	E Africa
A M Kennedy	3/1972	Birkenhead	S Africa
	7/1972	London	S Africa & Mauritius
G S Gann	12/1972	London	Persian Gulf
	6/1973	London	S Africa & Mauritius
	12/1973	London	E Africa
I Bennet	6/1975
G B Thomson	1/1976	Tyne
	3/1976	Madras
R A Simmons	6/1976	Port Said
	8/1976		Dar es Salaam
G B Thomson	11/1976		Indian Ocean Islands
	5/1977	Genoa
T Roberts	11/1977		Port Said
R Bessant	2/1978	Colombo
R E Todd	6/1978	Dar es Salaam
W J Howson	11/1978		Suez
A G Allson	4/1979		Avonmouth
R E Todd	11/1979	Dar es Salaam
	3/1980	Mombasa

Launched - January 1961

Review - April 1961