Sub-Lieutenant Robert Gourlay Anderson
Royal Naval Reserve
H.M.S. "Dunvegan Castle"
Aged 26.
son of David Kinnear Anderson and Agnes Carruthers Anderson, of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire
Death Certificate.
Registered in Crossroads district, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal.
Robert Gourlay Anderson, aged 27, a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, from Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, died in September 1940 in the North Atlantic Sea.
The cause of death was Asphyxia from Drowning, due to War at Sea.
His death was registered on 18 September 1940, on foot of information received from J.P. McGinley, Coroner for Kilmacrennan Division of County Donegal, after an Inquest held on 11 September 1940.
HMS "Dunvegan Castle" was an armed merchant cruiser which was sunk by three torpedoes fired from a German Submarine (U-46) on the evening of 27 August 1940. The ship sank on 28 August 1940. 3 Officers and 24 Men died, 250 (including the Captain) were rescued. Of these 12 were wounded
Prior to World War 2, "Dunvegan Castle" was a Ocean passenger liner, which usually sailed between London and South Africa. It was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast in 1936.
Of 15,000Grt, it had accommodation for 258 first class and 250 tourist class passengers
At the outbreak of the War, it was in East London, South Africa, where it was requisitioned. Returning to Belfast, it was fitted with primary armament BL 6 inch MKXII naval guns and secondary armament QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns.
The ship spent 1940 as a Convoy escort vessel between Britain and Freetown/Dakar in West Africa.
On 11 August 1940 a convoy of 45 merchant ships left Freetown, escorted by 3 Navy ships. As the convoy neared the Western Approaches some 120 miles SW of Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland, it was joined by 4 other Navy ships including a Destroyer.
On the evening of 27 August 1940, U-46 fired a torpedo which hit at 21.47, aft of the bridge.
A second torpedo hit the ship at 22.12, hitting the engine room.
A third torpedo hit the ship at 22.51, forward of the bridge.
By now it was NW of Erris Head, Co. Mayo.
This third torpedo appears to have hit an ammunition store, and the ship caught fire. It sank in the early morning of 28 August 1940.
The survivors were landed at Gourock, Scotland on 29 August.
Royal Naval Reserve
H.M.S. "Dunvegan Castle"
Aged 26.
son of David Kinnear Anderson and Agnes Carruthers Anderson, of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire
Death Certificate.
Registered in Crossroads district, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal.
Robert Gourlay Anderson, aged 27, a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, from Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, died in September 1940 in the North Atlantic Sea.
The cause of death was Asphyxia from Drowning, due to War at Sea.
His death was registered on 18 September 1940, on foot of information received from J.P. McGinley, Coroner for Kilmacrennan Division of County Donegal, after an Inquest held on 11 September 1940.
HMS "Dunvegan Castle" was an armed merchant cruiser which was sunk by three torpedoes fired from a German Submarine (U-46) on the evening of 27 August 1940. The ship sank on 28 August 1940. 3 Officers and 24 Men died, 250 (including the Captain) were rescued. Of these 12 were wounded
Prior to World War 2, "Dunvegan Castle" was a Ocean passenger liner, which usually sailed between London and South Africa. It was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast in 1936.
Of 15,000Grt, it had accommodation for 258 first class and 250 tourist class passengers
At the outbreak of the War, it was in East London, South Africa, where it was requisitioned. Returning to Belfast, it was fitted with primary armament BL 6 inch MKXII naval guns and secondary armament QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns.
The ship spent 1940 as a Convoy escort vessel between Britain and Freetown/Dakar in West Africa.
On 11 August 1940 a convoy of 45 merchant ships left Freetown, escorted by 3 Navy ships. As the convoy neared the Western Approaches some 120 miles SW of Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland, it was joined by 4 other Navy ships including a Destroyer.
On the evening of 27 August 1940, U-46 fired a torpedo which hit at 21.47, aft of the bridge.
A second torpedo hit the ship at 22.12, hitting the engine room.
A third torpedo hit the ship at 22.51, forward of the bridge.
By now it was NW of Erris Head, Co. Mayo.
This third torpedo appears to have hit an ammunition store, and the ship caught fire. It sank in the early morning of 28 August 1940.
The survivors were landed at Gourock, Scotland on 29 August.
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Gourlay Anderson
Royal Naval Reserve
H.M.S. "Dunvegan Castle"
Aged 26.
son of David Kinnear Anderson and Agnes Carruthers Anderson, of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire
Death Certificate.
Registered in Crossroads district, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal.
Robert Gourlay Anderson, aged 27, a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, from Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, died in September 1940 in the North Atlantic Sea.
The cause of death was Asphyxia from Drowning, due to War at Sea.
His death was registered on 18 September 1940, on foot of information received from J.P. McGinley, Coroner for Kilmacrennan Division of County Donegal, after an Inquest held on 11 September 1940.
HMS "Dunvegan Castle" was an armed merchant cruiser which was sunk by three torpedoes fired from a German Submarine (U-46) on the evening of 27 August 1940. The ship sank on 28 August 1940. 3 Officers and 24 Men died, 250 (including the Captain) were rescued. Of these 12 were wounded
Prior to World War 2, "Dunvegan Castle" was a Ocean passenger liner, which usually sailed between London and South Africa. It was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast in 1936.
Of 15,000Grt, it had accommodation for 258 first class and 250 tourist class passengers
At the outbreak of the War, it was in East London, South Africa, where it was requisitioned. Returning to Belfast, it was fitted with primary armament BL 6 inch MKXII naval guns and secondary armament QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns.
The ship spent 1940 as a Convoy escort vessel between Britain and Freetown/Dakar in West Africa.
On 11 August 1940 a convoy of 45 merchant ships left Freetown, escorted by 3 Navy ships. As the convoy neared the Western Approaches some 120 miles SW of Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland, it was joined by 4 other Navy ships including a Destroyer.
On the evening of 27 August 1940, U-46 fired a torpedo which hit at 21.47, aft of the bridge.
A second torpedo hit the ship at 22.12, hitting the engine room.
A third torpedo hit the ship at 22.51, forward of the bridge.
By now it was NW of Erris Head, Co. Mayo.
This third torpedo appears to have hit an ammunition store, and the ship caught fire. It sank in the early morning of 28 August 1940.
The survivors were landed at Gourock, Scotland on 29 August.
Royal Naval Reserve
H.M.S. "Dunvegan Castle"
Aged 26.
son of David Kinnear Anderson and Agnes Carruthers Anderson, of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire
Death Certificate.
Registered in Crossroads district, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal.
Robert Gourlay Anderson, aged 27, a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, from Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, died in September 1940 in the North Atlantic Sea.
The cause of death was Asphyxia from Drowning, due to War at Sea.
His death was registered on 18 September 1940, on foot of information received from J.P. McGinley, Coroner for Kilmacrennan Division of County Donegal, after an Inquest held on 11 September 1940.
HMS "Dunvegan Castle" was an armed merchant cruiser which was sunk by three torpedoes fired from a German Submarine (U-46) on the evening of 27 August 1940. The ship sank on 28 August 1940. 3 Officers and 24 Men died, 250 (including the Captain) were rescued. Of these 12 were wounded
Prior to World War 2, "Dunvegan Castle" was a Ocean passenger liner, which usually sailed between London and South Africa. It was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast in 1936.
Of 15,000Grt, it had accommodation for 258 first class and 250 tourist class passengers
At the outbreak of the War, it was in East London, South Africa, where it was requisitioned. Returning to Belfast, it was fitted with primary armament BL 6 inch MKXII naval guns and secondary armament QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns.
The ship spent 1940 as a Convoy escort vessel between Britain and Freetown/Dakar in West Africa.
On 11 August 1940 a convoy of 45 merchant ships left Freetown, escorted by 3 Navy ships. As the convoy neared the Western Approaches some 120 miles SW of Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork, Ireland, it was joined by 4 other Navy ships including a Destroyer.
On the evening of 27 August 1940, U-46 fired a torpedo which hit at 21.47, aft of the bridge.
A second torpedo hit the ship at 22.12, hitting the engine room.
A third torpedo hit the ship at 22.51, forward of the bridge.
By now it was NW of Erris Head, Co. Mayo.
This third torpedo appears to have hit an ammunition store, and the ship caught fire. It sank in the early morning of 28 August 1940.
The survivors were landed at Gourock, Scotland on 29 August.
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