Italian submarine fates

Ships hit by Italian submarines

Type	Cargo ship
Country	British
Built	1913	GRT	5,060

Date of attack	13 Jun 1942	Time	1220-1258
Fate	Sunk by submarine Leonardo da Vinci (C.C. Luigi Longanesi Cattani)
Position of attack	5° 15'N, 25° 55'W
Complement	93 (1 dead and 92 survivors)
Convoy
Notes	At 0830 hours, a merchant vessel was sighted. She was armed with two stern guns. Shortly after, Da Vinci, proceeding on the surface, fired a fan of four stern torpedoes from 2,200 metres. One hit and damaged the vessel and she was abandoned. The submarine submerged to observe the result. This was the British *Clan Macquarrie* (5,060 GRT, built 1913) in ballast, proceeding from Durban to New York. At 1153 hours, a fifth torpedo (450mm, A 115 type) was fired from 500 metres. It missed. At 1200 hours, Da Vinci surfaced and opened fire from a distance of 3,000 metres and, at 1258 hours, the vessel sank. There were 92 survivors in three lifeboats. Twenty-eight survivors (the chief engineer died in this lifeboat and was the only victim), were picked up by the Norwegian steamer *Glarona* and landed at Port of Spain. The 63 survivors in the other two lifeboats were picked up by *Desirade* and landed at Capetown.