Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship: CLAN FORBES (1903-1918 Cargo Liner 360 feet long turret-deck steamer of Clan Line, Glasgow)

Port of Registry: Glasgow
Net Tonnage: 2,509
Reg Tonnage: -
Gross Tonnage: 3,946
Deadweight Tonnage: -

Bill McKellar writes : From the excellent Clan Line book :On 9th June 1918 CLAN FORBES was on passage from Newport (south Wales) to Port Said carrying a cargo of coal when she was sunk 115 miles west of Alexandria (Egypt) by the German submarine U-105 and two crewmen were lost.