Clan Cumming
Name | Clan Cumming |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,808 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1899
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Builder | Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Ltd., Barrow
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Operator | The Clan Line Steamers, Ltd. (Cayzer, Irvine & Co.), Glasgow
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History | Turret hull steamer
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Clan Cumming
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 5 Nov 1917 | UB 55 (Ralph Wenninger) | Damaged | Torpedoed 20 miles SW of Lizard
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| Baltimeore - Brest
| copper, steel, and timber
| 13
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| Clan Cumming had sailed from New York in convoy HN17 on 17 October 1917. When the escort for the French bound portion of the convoy failed to meet it on 31 October, the eight ships were escorted into Mounts Bay. Clan Cumming was torpedoed in a coal convoy bound for Brest.
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