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Clonlara Crew

 

 

 

On the 22nd of August 1941 the Irish Registered vessel Clonlara [ No 147373] owned by the Limerick Steamship Company was attacked without warning while steaming in a British Convoy in the North Atlantic by the German Submarine U 564 Commanded by Korvetten Kapitan Reinhard Suhren. She immediately sank with the loss of 11 crewmembers.

 

Crew Lost

  William Carr, 5 Lower Rutland Street, Dublin , Fireman, aged 29.

  Edward Greene, 22 Aldboro House, Dublin, Fireman, aged 27.

  Edward Kavanagh, 22 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, Fireman.

  John Lambe, 26 Newfoundland Street, Dublin, Able Seaman, aged 22.

  Peter McGuigan, " The Green ", Lusk, Co Dublin, 2nd Mate, aged 44.

  Samuel McKane, 15A Saint Joseph Mansions, Dublin, Fireman, aged 37.

  Joseph Reynolds, 63B Muirhead Avenue, Liverpool 13, Master, aged 41.

  Archie Robertson, Bruff, Co Limerick, Able Seaman, aged 48.

  William J Smith, 5 Ropewalk Place, Ringsend, Steward, aged 38.

  John T Spanner, 27 Dartmouth Road, Dublin, 1st Mate, aged 41.

  Robert S Spence, 6 Clonmore Road, Ballybough, 1st Engineer, aged 62.

© Peter Mulvany 1986-2008

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