Date of attack

1 Aug 1942  

Fate

Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening)

Position 11.54N, 54.25W - Grid EE 9456



Torpedoed and Sunk - 1942

Complement

82 (5 dead and 77 survivors).

Route

Alexandria - Freetown (22 Jul) - Trinidad - New York

Cargo

10,670 bales of cotton

Notes on loss  

At 17.58 hours on 1 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Clan Macnaughton (Master Robert John Wylie Bennet) was hit by two stern torpedoes from U-155 and sank after 15 minutes about 180 miles east of Tobago.

Four crew members and one gunner were lost. The master and 28 survivors in one lifeboat landed on Tobago Island. The chief officer and 24 survivors were picked up by the Empire Bede and landed at Port of Spain on 5 August. The third mate and 22 survivors landed at Trinidad.

Master

From

To

J D Elvish

1939

1940

R W Bennet


8/1942

Torpedoed & sunk

   Crew List

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Clan MacNaughton (2)

1921

6110

146259

Ayrshire Dockyard

Irvine

Dunsmuir & Jackson

Glasgow

Triple Expansion Steam

561 NHP

3000 IHP

1

Clan MacNaughton (2)

KJTB

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