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SS CLAN MACTAGGART
S.S. CLAN MACTAGGART Source: The U-boat Net
At 05.49 hours on 16 Nov 1942 the Clan Mactaggart (Master Joseph Henry Crellin) in convoy MKS-1X was torpedoed and sunk by U-92 50 miles southwest of Cadiz. Two crew members and one naval personnel were lost. The master, 97 crew members, 17 gunners and 54 naval personnel were picked up by HMS Coreopsis (K 32) (LtCdr A.H. Davies, RNVR). The survivors were distributed by the corvette to HMS Landguard (Y 56) (LtCdr T.S.L. Fox-Pitt, RN) and HMS Lulworth (Y 60) (LtCdr C. Gwinner, DSO, RN) and landed at Londonderry. 34 Lascars on HMS Lulworth were later transferred to the Havildar sailing in the same convoy.
M.I.D., LS, 4026, RCN MPK - 16 Nov 1942
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