SS CLAN OGILVY
 

At 00.46 hours on March 21, 1941, SS Clan Ogilvy was sailing to London/ Glasgow in SL.68 with a general cargo which included pig iron, groundnuts and tea from Chittagong, when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-105. The approximate position was 20.04N, 25.45W (180 miles N of the Cape Verde Islands). The vessel had previously been topedoed by U-65 in June 1940 but, on that occasion, she had managed to reach port for repairs. The master (Edward Gough) and three crew members were rescued by SS Batna and landed at Takoradi and twenty survivors were picked up by the Spanish SS Cabo Villano and landed at Santos. Twenty-six men, from a crew of eighty-two including one Marine & two Naval Gunners, lost their lives.

Tower Hill, Panel 30

MONRO , Fifth Engineer Officer, WILLIAM SMALL, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 20th March 1941. Age 20. Son of Davina Monro, of Glasgow.

MURRAY , Assistant Steward, JOHN ANGUS, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 20th March 1941. Age 24. Son of Donald and Catherine Murray.

RELKE , Chief Steward, JOHN, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 20th March 1941. Age 54. Husband of Amy Relke, of Gravesend, Kent.

Portsmouth/Chatham Naval Memorials

DEMS Gunners

BOX , Able Seaman, ALFRED RICHARD, P/JX 223856. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Clan Ogilvy) 20th March 1941. Age 18. Son of Richard Alfred and Rose Florence Box, of Islington, London.

FULLER , Marine, ROBERT EDWARD, CH/24089. H.M.S. President III. Royal Marines. lost in S.S. Clan Ogilvy 20th March 1941. Age 41. Husband of Doris Fuller, of Chapeltown, Sheffield.

SHERMAN , Able Seaman, LEONARD, P/JX 223933. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Clan Ogilvy). 20th March 1941. Son of Henry and Maria Sherman, of Kingsbury, Middlesex.

Bombay/Chittagong War Memorial.

ABDUL GHAFUR, Winchman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 32.

ABDUL KARIM, Fireman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 35.

ABDUL KHAIR, Seacunny, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941.

ALI AKBAR, Seaman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 40.

ALI AZAM, Oiler, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 31.

ALI MIAN, Trimmer, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941.

ALTAB ALI, Trimmer, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 39.

ARSHAD ULLAH, Seaman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 32.

ASU MIAN, Bhandary, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 36.

GULU MIAN, Trimmer, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 21.

JAFAR ULLAH, Fireman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 34.

JAMSHED ALI, Fireman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 24.

KALA MIAN, Trimmer, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 42.

KHALIL RAHMAN, Seaman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 41.

LAL MIAN, Trimmer, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941.

RAHMAT ALI, Fireman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 35.

RIASAT ULLAH, Fireman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 46.

SIRAJ-UL-HAQ, Cassab, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 40.

TAHED ALI, Fireman, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 24.

YUSUF, Bhandary, S.S. Clan Ogilvy (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 20 March 1941. Age 26.

Commemorative data kindly provided by Billy McGee: http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/.