Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

News Event

Tuesday, November 5, 1940 @ 1650 		EMPIRE PENGUIN (1940-1942 General cargo ship 402 feet long of British Ministry of War Transport, London and managed by Runciman / Anchor Line, Glasgow : 1959 scrapped at Lisbon) Own Page

Statement by Master of EMPIRE PENGUIN on the attack by a German Warship on Halifax Convoy 84
Ship's locationHalifax Convoy 84 in Mid-AtlanticPort of RegistryU.K.
Vessel MasterD MorrisonGross Tonnage6,389
Deadweght Tonnage9,600

 

 

Courtesy of University of Glasgow Archives and Special

Collections, Anchor Line Ltd Collection, GB248 ref UGD 255/1/7/4

ADDITIONAL NOTE FOR INFORMATION :

   The German warship attacking the convoy was the

Pocket Battleship ADMIRAL SCHEER.