SS "Clan Murray"
Son of Mary Allan Muirhead and the late Hugh Muirhead;
husband of Jane Bertram Muirhead, of, Johnstone, Renfrewshire.
Born at Dumfries,
Jan Lettens 22/01/2011:
" The British steamer Clan Murray was about 30 miles south of the Fastnet on the 29th May when she was torpedoed without warning, being struck amidships on the starboard side. The boiler and engine-rooms were immediately filled with water, the vessel listed heavily to starboard and foundered within five minutes. The submarine then appeared and circled round the wreckage, taking the third officer and one other man prisoners. She then made off in a westerly direction. The survivors clung to floating wreckage for six hours before being picked up.
Sixty-four men lost their lives, 12 were saved and two were taken prisoners."
Son of Mary Allan Muirhead and the late Hugh Muirhead;
husband of Jane Bertram Muirhead, of, Johnstone, Renfrewshire.
Born at Dumfries,
Jan Lettens 22/01/2011:
" The British steamer Clan Murray was about 30 miles south of the Fastnet on the 29th May when she was torpedoed without warning, being struck amidships on the starboard side. The boiler and engine-rooms were immediately filled with water, the vessel listed heavily to starboard and foundered within five minutes. The submarine then appeared and circled round the wreckage, taking the third officer and one other man prisoners. She then made off in a westerly direction. The survivors clung to floating wreckage for six hours before being picked up.
Sixty-four men lost their lives, 12 were saved and two were taken prisoners."
SS "Clan Murray"
Son of Mary Allan Muirhead and the late Hugh Muirhead;
husband of Jane Bertram Muirhead, of, Johnstone, Renfrewshire.
Born at Dumfries,
Jan Lettens 22/01/2011:
" The British steamer Clan Murray was about 30 miles south of the Fastnet on the 29th May when she was torpedoed without warning, being struck amidships on the starboard side. The boiler and engine-rooms were immediately filled with water, the vessel listed heavily to starboard and foundered within five minutes. The submarine then appeared and circled round the wreckage, taking the third officer and one other man prisoners. She then made off in a westerly direction. The survivors clung to floating wreckage for six hours before being picked up.
Sixty-four men lost their lives, 12 were saved and two were taken prisoners."
Son of Mary Allan Muirhead and the late Hugh Muirhead;
husband of Jane Bertram Muirhead, of, Johnstone, Renfrewshire.
Born at Dumfries,
Jan Lettens 22/01/2011:
" The British steamer Clan Murray was about 30 miles south of the Fastnet on the 29th May when she was torpedoed without warning, being struck amidships on the starboard side. The boiler and engine-rooms were immediately filled with water, the vessel listed heavily to starboard and foundered within five minutes. The submarine then appeared and circled round the wreckage, taking the third officer and one other man prisoners. She then made off in a westerly direction. The survivors clung to floating wreckage for six hours before being picked up.
Sixty-four men lost their lives, 12 were saved and two were taken prisoners."
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Mercantile Marine
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