SS Clan Macfadyen (1923)

History
United Kingdom
NameClan Macfadyen
OwnerClan Line Steamers Ltd
OperatorCayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd
Port of registryGlasgow
BuilderAyrshire Dockyard Co Ltd, Irvine
Yard number490
Launched15 February 1923
CompletedMay 1923
Identification
FateTorpedoed 26 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and typeClan Macnab-class cargo liner
Tonnage
  • as built:
  • 6,224 GRT
  • 3,864 NRT
  • 1931 onward:
  • 6,191 GRT
  • 3,779 NRT
Length418.2 ft (127.5 m)
Beam53.4 ft (16.3 m)
Draught27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Depth33.6 ft (10.2 m)
Installed power
  • 630 NHP (as built)
  • 743 NHP (after 1928)
Propulsion
Speed13 knots (24 km/h)
Crew84 plus eight DEMS gunners
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
  • (as DEMS):
  • 1 × 4-inch gun
  • 1 × QF 12-pounder gun
  • 6 × machine guns
Notessister ships: Clan Macnab, Clan Macnair, Clan Macnaughton, Clan Macneil, Clan Macfarlane

SS Clan Macfadyen was a UK steam cargo liner. She was launched in 1923 and spent her entire career with Clan Line. A U-boat sank her in 1942 with the loss of 82 lives.

She was the second of three Clan Lines ship to be called Clan Macfadyen. The first was a steamship that was built in 1899 and sold in 1921. The third was a ship bought from the Ministry of Transport in 1947 and sold in 1958.