Caledonian Monarch
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| Name | Caledonian Monarch | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,851 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Napier & Miller Ltd, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Monarch SS Co Ltd (Raeburn & Vérel Ltd), Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-588 (Victor Vogel) | ||
| Position | 58N, 07W - Grid AM 3555 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (41 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-63 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Halifax - London | ||
| Cargo | Wheat | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 14 Jan, 1942, the Caledonian Monarch (Master James Valentine Stewart) was reported missing after the convoy SC-63 was dispersed in position 51°N/62°W. The master and 40 crew members were lost. First it was thought that this ship was sunk by U-333 (Cremer) at 13.15 hours on 18 January in position 47°30N/40°30W (grid BC 65). Cremer reported sinking a steamer of 8000 tons. But according to Lloyds it is inconceivable that the Caledonian Monarch would have been in the same position as the U-boat. So the victim of Cremer, if any, is still unidentified. At 04.11 hours on 22 January, U-588 torpedoed a steamer of 6000 tons and sank her by coup de grâce after 35 minutes along the approaches to Loch Ewe via the Minch. Assuming that the Caledonian Monarch had not been lost and had continued to Loch Ewe, she could have crossed U-588´s path. | ||
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