Technical
general cargo vessel
steam, triple expansion engine and low pressure turbine with double reduction and hydraulic coupling: 599 nhp, 3 single ended boilers, 9 corrugated furnaces, engine by D. Rowand & Co Ltd, Glasgow
single screw
5,214 GRT - 8,195 DWT
412'6" x 52'4" x 25'4"

The ship was hit by two torpedoes from U-333 and sank. U-333 had been badly damaged by depth charges of an escort ship three days before and was limping back to France. Cremer wrote in the KTB, that the sinking of this ship was like "a balm after these terrible depth charges".

Nine crew members from the Clan Skene were lost. The Master and 72 survivors were picked up by the American naval transport USS McKean (APD 5) and landed at San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Thanks to Walter Janssens for extra information on this page.

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are from the German perspective and are given in CET.
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