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Career Summary

O.N.137858, 5,960 gross tons, length 405ft x beam 50.5ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw, speed 11 knots.

Completed in Jan.1917 by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland (Yard No.657) for The Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Cayzer, Irvine & Co, Ltd), Glasgow.

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Clan Matheson (3)

1917

5960

137858

James Laing

Sunderland

George Clark

Sunderland

Triple Expansion Steam

560 NHP

2900 IHP

1

She made her maiden voyage to Genoa with a cargo of coal.

On 23rd May 1918 she was sunk in a convoy collision with the American ship WESTERN FRONT in position 40.32N 49.10W while on voyage New Orleans & New York to Nantes with a cargo of barley, oats and steel.

[Register of Merchant Ships Completed in 1917 by Starke / Schell]

Clan Matheson (3)

JQWS

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