Michael E.
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| Name | Michael E. | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (CAM) | ||
| Tonnage | 7.628 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Wm. Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz) | ||
| Position | 48.50N, 29W - Grid BD 3815 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 62 (3 dead and 59 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-327 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Belfast (28 May) - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | In May 1941, the Michael E. was commissioned by the Admiralty as the first CAM ship (this was also the only CAM ship sponsored by the Royal Navy, the others were sponsored by the Royal Air Force). The first trial launch from a CAM ship was also made from this ship off Belfast. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.43 hours on 2 Jun, 1941, U-108 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the Michael E. (Master Murdo Macleod) southwest of Cape Clear and hit her with one in the stern, causing the ship to sink by the stern at 22.21 hours. One crew member and two gunners were lost. The ship had been in the convoy OB-327, which was dispersed on 1 June. The master, 44 crew members, two gunners and 12 RAF personnel, including two pilots and a fighter direction officer (FDO), were picked up the next day by the Alcinous. | ||
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