Clan Farquhar (1)


26.2.1917 torpedoed and sunk 80 miles North of Benghazi by the German submarine UB43 whilst on a voyage from Calcutta to London with general cargo.

Forty nine members of the crew were lost and the second engineer was taken prisoner..

Torpedoed and Sunk in The Mediterranean - 1917

Clan Farquhar

Left Calcutta

For London

Lost 26 February 1917

Fate

Master

G Hayward

Lost

Chief Officer

C C Parfitt

Survived

Fourth Officer

G S Welsh

Lost

Apprentice

S M Williams

Lost

Wireless Operator

J A Duff

Lost

Chief Engineer

L McLeod

Lost

Second Engineer


Taken Prisoner

Fifth Engineer

A Logan

Lost

Chief Steward

W Martindale

Lost

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Clan Farquhar (1)

1899

1917 Torpedoed and sunk in Mediterranean

5858

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

111209

Wm Doxford

Sunderland

Wm Doxford

Sunderland

Steam 3 Cyl

477 NHP

3080 IHP

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