Clan MacLachlan (1)

RNSJ

19 July 1917 sunk in collision off Gibraltar; loss of 6 lives.

Under the command of Captain J E McLean she was run down by the Italian steamer EUROPA when 60 miles SW of Cape Spartel on passage Cardiff for Gibraltar.

As it was wartime both ships were sailing without lights.

Her third engineer Mr N Peacock was killed by the collision and five Lascar seamen drowned.

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Clan MacLachlan (1)

1900

1915 Requisitioned as transport for Indian Expeditionary Force

1917 Sunk near Gibraltar after collision

4729

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

Screws

111252

Alexander Stephen

Glasgow

Alexander Stephen

Glasgow

Triple Expansion Steam

398 NHP

Master	Date	Left	Destination
J E McLean	10/1914	Glasgow	Calcutta
	7/1917	Cardiff	Gibraltar

Sunk after Collision - 1917

Master	From	To
D W Cameron	1900	1900
H S Sumner	1900	1901
F W Barber	1901	1903
J Clark	1903	1906
J N Gray	1906	1911
W P Rodger	1911	1914
J E McLean	1914	1917 Sunk