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- died at sea, when the Steamer, Clan MacPherson was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UC-27.
bd. body not recovered
Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Ermelo town Old Cemetery, Transvaal; Memorial Stone with Gravestone of his brother, Donovan JE NASH
Certified Extract of Death Report; Official Number 121274
Circumstances of Death: Letter written by John HUNTER, Company Secretary, Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. (Clan Line); 2 pages
Cape Archives, Cape Town, Deceased Estates: KAB MOOC 6/9/1467 01 Ref. 2347 PART 1 1919-1919. NASH, FREDERICK BARRETT. ESTATE PAPERS. Includes Death Notice
SS CLAN MACPHERSON:
1. On March 4th, 1918, the British steamer SS Clan Macpherson, on a voyage from Malta to Colon with a cargo of government stores, was sunk by the German submarine UC-27 (Otto GERKE), 24 miles north of Cape Serrat. 18 persons were killed (elsewhere= 20 killed)
2. Clan MacPherson was a 4,779 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1905 by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd. for Cayzer, Irvine & Co. From 1915 she was owne by The Clan Line Steamers Ltd and managed by Cayzer, Irvine & Co. She was sunk on 4 March 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-27 at position 37° 47' N, 09° 05' E - approximately 24 nautical miles North of Cape Serrat. She was en route from Malta to Colon with a cargo of government stores. Both Miramar and uboat.net websites state that there were 18 casualties but there are only 3 listed on the CWGC database. It is possible that the other people were not UK or Commonwealth citizens.
3. Circumstances of Death: Letter written by John HUNTER, Company Secretary, Cayzer, Irvine & Co. Ltd. (Clan Line); 2 pages[doc]
Transcription of content by JP: ...(page 1) We hereby certify that Mr. Frederick Barrett NASH was acting on board the Steamer “Clan Macpherson” as 4th Officer during the voyage and at the time the ship was torpedoed on the 4th March 1918. The following is an extract from Capt. MEE’s letter from Bizerta dated 7th March 1918: -
“ I ordered the boats away at once and saw No. 2, 3 & 4 boats in the water with their crews in them and proceeded to my boat which was No. 1.
This boat was in the water, 4th Officer, F.B.NASH and a Seacunny, Panshoo at the falls, everyone else being in the boat. At the time the bow of the steamer was completely out of the water and the after end submerged as far as the funnel and it was with difficulty I stood on the slope of the deck. There was then a very heavy crash and looking I saw no one on the deck and the boat below was smashed to pieces, which I believe from later information, was caused by the foretopmast (page 2) breaking off and falling on it and this was the last seen of the 4th Officer and this boat’s crew”.. (end of extract of Ship’s Captain’s report). There is no doubt the 4th Office (sic; s/be Officer), Mr FB NASH, lost his wife when the vessel was sunk.
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