Clan Macfayden
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Clan Macfayden | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,191 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Ayrshire Dockyard Co Ltd, Irvine | ||
| Owner | The Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-508 (Georg Staats) | ||
| Position | 08.57N, 59.48W - Grid EO 1431 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 94 (90 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Louis, Mauritius - Capetown - Pernambuco (17 Nov) - Trinidad - UK | ||
| Cargo | 6705 tons of sugar and 5 tons of hemp and rum | ||
| History | Completed in May 1923 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.02 hours on 27 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Clan Macfayden (Master Percy Edgar Williams) was torpedoed and sunk by U-508 95 miles southeast of Galeota Point, Trinidad. The master, 82 crew members and seven gunners were lost. Three crew members and one gunner were picked up from a raft by the Harvard and landed at Port of Spain on 31 November. | ||
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