Clan Macwhirter
| Name | Clan Macwhirter | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.941 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain) Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | The Clan Line Steamers Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-156 (Werner Hartenstein) | ||
| Position | 35.45N, 18.45W - Grid CF 8913 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 86 (11 dead and 75 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-119 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Bombay - Durban - Bathurst (14 Aug) - Freetown - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 2000 tons of manganese ore, 3500 tons of linseed, 2200 tons of pig iron and general cargo | ||
| History | Built as Ypresville, 1918 renamed Halizones, 1920 renamed Willcasino, 1923 renamed Clan Macwhirter | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.00 hours on 27 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Clan Macwhirter (Master Roderick Sutherland Masters), a straggler from convoy SL-119, was torpedoed and sunk by U-156 200 miles northwest of Madeira. The master, eight crew members and two gunners were lost. 68 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the Portuguese sloop Pedro Nunes (A 528) and landed at Funchal. | ||
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