Clan Chisholm
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Clan Chisholm | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.256 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | The Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Oct, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze) | ||
| Position | 44.57N, 13.40W - Grid BE 9153 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 78 (4 dead and 74 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HG-3 | ||
| Route | Calcutta - Liverpool - Glasgow | ||
| Cargo | 9550 tons of general cargo, including pig iron, jute and tea | ||
| History | Completed in October 1937 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.35 hours on 17 Oct, 1939, the Clan Chisholm (Master Francis T. Stenson) in convoy HG-3 was torpedoed and sunk by U-48 about 150 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre. Four crew members were lost. The master and 41 survivors were picked up by the Swedish motor merchant Bardaland and landed at Kirkwall. 17 crew members were picked up by the Norwegian whaler Skudd and 15 others by the Warwick Castle. | ||
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