Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Sunday, June 9, 1918 @ 1600 		CLAN FORBES (1903-1918 Cargo Liner 360 feet long turret-deck steamer of Clan Line, Glasgow) Own Page

CLAN FORBES sunk in Mediterranean Sea 115 miles west of Alexandria (Egypt) by German U-boat U-105
Ship's locationMediterranean Sea 115 miles west of Alexandria (Egypt)Port of RegistryGlasgow
Net Tonnage2,509
Gross Tonnage3,946

DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance

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.