In convoy OB-197 on a voyage from Glasgow for Liverpool, Bombay & the coast of Malabar with a general cargo & 108 persons on board Clan Macphee was torpedoed by German submarine (U-30 Fritz-Julius Lemp) & sank about 350 miles west of Outer Hebrides in 57.30N/17.14W on 16 August 1940. 67 lives lost.
Lives lost August 1940: Abdul, oiler, India; Abdul Aziz, tindal, India; Abdul Ghani, cook/baker, India; Abdul Hamid, seaman, India; Abdul, Hamid, donkeyman, India; Abdul Ishaq, fireman, India; Abdul Malik, seacunny, India; Abdul Manan, fireman, India; Abdul Rashid, seaman, India; Abdul Samad, seacunny, India; Ahmad Ali, seaman, India; Ahmad Ali, seaman, India; Akram Ullah, fireman, India; Ali Ahmad, seaman, India; Ali Azam, trimmer, India; Amir Hamza, seacunny, India; Anju, fireman, India; Arsat Ullah, fireman, India; Ayub Ali, trimmer, India; Badi, Ur, Alam, fireman, India; Bain, George, carpenter, 49; Cranwill, Thomas Phillip Butler, master, 46 (son of Thomas & Helena); Daim Ullah, tindal, India; Dilawar, tindal, India; Habib, Ur, Rahman, fireman, India; Husain, general servant, India; Illah Nawaz, fireman, India; Innes, William, 3rd engineer, 35, Buckie, Banffshire; Ishaq, fireman, India; Ishaq Ullah, fireman, India; Israil Ali, cassab, India; Jalal Ahmad, seaman, India; Jalal Buxar, trimmer, India; Jamal, Ud, Din, cook, India; James, seacunny, India; Kala Mian, fireman, India; Kalu, Topass, India; Kamir, Ud, Din, general servant, India; Kona Mian, fireman, India; Lakhi, topass, India; Muhammad Akil, serang, India; Muhammad Ishaq, trimmer, India; Muhammad Mumtaz, seaman, India; Muhammad Sultan, general servant, India; Muhammad Ullah, fireman, India; Muhammad Zaman, seaman, India; Musahib Ali, bhandary, India; Nasir Ahmad, winchman, India; Nazir Ahmad, seaman, India; Nur Ahmad, seaman, India; Nur Muhammad, general servant, India; Paterson, James Douglas, chief steward, 37; Puran, seacunny, India; Qurban Ali, fireman, India; Rahman Ullah, fireman, India; Rama, topass, India; Robertson, John, chief engineer, 55, Sydney, NSW; Shafait Husain, bhandary, India; Sheikh Rajan, general servant, India; Sona Mian, fireman, India; Sonamdi, donkeyman, India; Sumed Ullah, fireman, India; Tariq Ullah, fireman, India; Turab Ullah, fireman, India; Umar Ali, seaman, India; Zaban Ullah, fireman, India; Zahir Ali, fireman, India.
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