Stirlingshire (1)

Date of attack

2 Dec 1940

Fate

Sunk by U-94 (Herbert Kuppisch)

Position

55° 36'N, 16° 22'W - Grid AM 4416

Complement

74 (0 dead and 74 survivors).

Convoy

HX-90

A water colour of MV Stirlingshire entering Sydney Heads

Pictured here on the River Mersey in Scottish Shire Line livery

At some time in the 1930s she was repainted in Clan Line livery and her funnel was raised


Route

Sydney NSW - Townsville, Queensland - Bermuda - Liverpool

Cargo

3270 tons of sugar, 2000 tons of lead, 1900 tons of refrigerated foodstuffs and 460 tons of general cargo

History

Completed in June 1928 as Clan Macdonald for The Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London. 1929 renamed Stirlingshire for Turnbull, Martin & Co Ltd, London.

Notes on event

At 18.23 hours on 2 Dec 1940 the Stirlingshire (Master Charles Edward O’Byrne) in convoy HX-90 was hit amidships by one G7e torpedo from U-94 and sank with a starboard list about 280 miles west by north of Bloody Foreland.

The master, 72 crew members and one gunner were picked up by the British steam merchant Empire Puma from the same convoy and landed at Liverpool

Torpedoed and Sunk in The North Atlantic - 1940

Stirlingshire - Art Gallery

Stirlingshire

Left Sydney

For Liverpool via Townsville & Bermuda

Lost 2 December 1940

Fate

Master

C E O’Byrne

Survived

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Stirlingshire (1)

1928

Ex Clan MacDonald (3)

1929 Transferred to Scottish Shire Line renamed Stirlingshire

1940 Torpedoed and sunk in Atlantic

6022

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

160210

Greenock Dockyard

Greenock

J G Kincaid

Greenock

Motor 8 Cyl

Burmeister & Wain

1100 NHP

1

Master

Date

Left

Destination

C E O’Byrne

12/1940

Sydney

Liverpool

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