Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats
Dugald McGlip
Merchant Navy. British
Born | 1907 | Glasgow | |
Died | 30 Oct 1942 | (35) |
Roster information listed for Dugald McGlip
Ship | Type | Rank / role | Attacked on | Boat | |
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Hopecastle | Motor merchant | Master | 28 Oct 1942 | U-509 | |
Tasmania | Motor merchant | Shipwrecked | 30 Oct 1942 (+) | U-659 (1) |
Personal information
Husband of C.M. McGilp, of Clarkston, Renfrewshire. Dugald McGlip was badly injured when Hopecastle was torpedoed and picked up by Tasmania, which was herself torpedoed two days later. He fell overboard while being lowered into a lifeboat and drowned as he was only semiconscious after being given morphine.