Name: | CLAN MACARTHUR |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/09/1912 |
Completed: | 12/1912 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 846 |
Dimensions: | 5815grt, 3614nrt, 450.1 x 57.1 x 26.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (31.5, 52 & 86 x 60ins), 841nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133085 |
History: | |
10/12/1912 | Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
1920 | Scottish Shire Line Ltd (Turnbull, Martin & Co Ltd, managers), Glasgow |
1920 | Renamed BERWICKSHIRE |
20/08/1944 | Sunk |
Comments: | 20/08/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U861, 400 miles SW of Madagascar |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Mauritius carrying general cargo. 8 crew died |
Above photo as CLAN MACARTHUR is copyright of the John Oxley collection
Above photo as BERWICKSHIRE is courtesy of Kevin Blair