Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Friday, September 15, 1939 @ 1800
The date shown is as timetabled and the time shown is our best estimste 		LETITIA (1925-1946 Passenger / cargo ship of Donaldson Line, Glasgow : 1960 scrapped.) Own Page

Donaldson Line'S LETITIA (1925-1946) scheduled to leave Glasgow for Quebec and Montreal (Canada)
Ship's locationGlasgow (Scotland, U.K.)Port of RegistryGlasgow (Scotland, UK)
Sailing forQuebec and Montreal (Canada)Gross Tonnage13,475

   This sailing schedule was published on 1 September 1939, only two days before UK declared war with Germany and thus started the Second World War.

   ATHENIA, at the top of the schedule, was sunk by torpedo from a German submarine on 3 September and was the first British ship to be sunk in the War.