HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale
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History | |
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Name | Clan MacCorquodale |
Builder/Built | 1913 Charles Connell & Company, Scotstoun |
Type | passenger / cargo ship (single Screw) |
Displacement | 5,121 tons |
Speed | 14 knots |
Remarks
Built for Cayser, Irvin and Co. of Glasgow (Clan Line), she was leased by the Commonwealth until 14 Apr 1915. Was a member of the first convoy from Albany to Alexandria.
Torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat UB-51 in the Mediterranean on 17 Nov 1917, 275 km NNW of Alexandria while enroute from Madras to London.