Clonlara
Irish Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Rick Cox Collection
| Name | Clonlara | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,203 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee | ||
| Owner | Limerick SS Co Ltd, Limerick | ||
| Homeport | Limerick | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Aug 1941 | Nationality:  Irish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-564 (Reinhard Suhren) | ||
| Position | 40° 43'N, 11° 39'W - Grid CG 1953 | ||
| Complement | 33 (20 dead and 13 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-71 | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Lisbon | ||
| Cargo | 1000 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in April 1926 | ||
| Notes on event | At 23.31 hours on 22 August 1941, U-564 fired a salvo of four torpedoes at convoy OG-71 west of Aveiro, Portugal and observed four different detonations and three columns of fire, later lifeboats were seen. Suhren thought that he had sunk two ships and damaged two others. However, only two ships were hit and sunk, the Empire Oak and Clonlara. The Clonlara (Master Joseph Reynolds) had picked up 13 survivors from Alva on 19 August. The master, ten crew members and nine survivors were lost. Eight crew members and five survivors were picked up by HMS Campion (K 108) (LtCdr A. Johnson, RNVR) and landed at Gibraltar on 24 August. | ||
| On board | We have details of 21 people who were on board. | ||
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