Manchester Brigade
Manchester Brigade
| Name | Manchester Brigade | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.042 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester | ||
| Homeport | Manchester | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-137 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | 54.53N, 10.22W - Grid AM 5727 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 60 (56 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-218 | ||
| Route | Manchester - Montreal | ||
| Cargo | 1147 tons of government and general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.50 and 00.51 hours on 26 Sep, 1940, U-137 fired torpedoes at the convoy OB-218 west of Malin Head, sank Manchester Brigade and damaged the Ashantian. The Manchester Brigade (Master Frederick L. Clough) was the ship of the convoy commodore, Vice-Admiral Humphrey Hugh Smith DSO RNR. The master, the commodore, six naval staff members, 47 crew members and one gunner were lost. Four crew members were picked up by the French hospital ship Canada and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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