Manchester Brigade
British Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of State Library of New South Wales
| Name | Manchester Brigade | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,042 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Manchester Liners Ltd (Furness, Withy & Co Ltd), Manchester | ||
| Homeport | Manchester | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Sep 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-137 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | 54° 53'N, 10° 22'W - Grid AM 5727 | ||
| Complement | 62 (58 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-218 | ||
| Route | Manchester - Montreal | ||
| Cargo | 1147 tons of government and general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in August 1918 | ||
| Notes on event | Between 00.50 and 00.52 hours on 26 September 1940, U-137 fired three torpedoes at convoy OB-218 west of Malin Head, sank Manchester Brigade and damaged the Ashantian. The Manchester Brigade (Master Frederick L. Clough) was the ship of convoy commodore Vice-Admiral Humphrey Hugh Smith, DSO, RNR. The master, the commodore, five naval staff members, 50 crew members and one gunner were lost. Four crew members were picked up by the French hospital ship Canada and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
| On board | We have details of 61 people who were on board. | ||
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