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Dyddiad: 17 June 1915 .

Adysgrif:
GLASGOW STEAMER TORPEDOED. CAPTAIN AND TWENTY-ONE OF CREW DROWNED. FOUR SCOTTISH ENGINEERS AMONG VICTIMS.

The Press Association's Milford Haven correspondent telegraphs that the steamer Strathnairn, of Glasgow, was torpedoed by a German submarine and sunk on Tuesday evening 25 miles north-east of the Bishop's Rock, Scilly Isles. The crew of the steamer comprised nine Englishmen and twenty-four Chinese. Of these, only one Englishman (the second officer) and ten Chinese were saved. They were landed at Milford Haven last evening.

The vessel, which was outward bound from Cardiff to Archangel with coal, was torpedoed amidships without warning, and one of the boilers was blown up. Four boats were launched, two of which capsized. Another was smashed, and only one succeeded in getting clear. This boat contained the second officer and ten Chinamen. As the ship did not sink immediately, the second officer made two attempts to put back to the vessel, but each time was headed off. He states that no one saw more than the periscope of the submarine, which was observed under the stern after the torpedo had been fired.

The survivors were picked up by the schooner Amanda, transferred to the steamer Rosabelle, of Chester, and finally to the Thomond, which landed them at Milford Haven.

The second officer saved is James Wood, of Belfast. Those lost are Captain J. Brown, Belfast; First Officer Stewart, Third Officer Bruce Evans, Cardiff; four Scottish engineers , named Smith, Pembleton, Houston, and Fleming , and fourteen Chinese.—Press Association.

[The Strathnairn, built in 1906 at Port-Glasgow, was a vessel of 4336 tons gross, owned by Messrs Burrell & Son, Glasgow.]

Ffynhonnell: "GLASGOW STEAMER TORPEDOED. CAPTAIN AND TWENTY-ONE OF CREW DROWNED. FOUR SCOTTISH ENGINEERS AMONG VICTIMS." The Scotsman. 17 June. 1915. 7.

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