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

HP

Screws

111252

Alexander Stephen

Glasgow

Alexander Stephen

Glasgow

Triple Expansion Steam

398 NHP

1

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

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