“The McClure”

Description

McClure sails for Naples with cargo of fish. They are boarded by sailors from a submarine who sink McClure with bombs. The crew are allowed to leave and are rescued by an Italian destroyer who take the Captain and crew of six to Cadiz

Historical references

  • May 22/24, 1917 - McClure, out of St John's, captured and bombed by a German submarine off Cape Carbonara, Sardinia (Lehr/Best, Northern Shipwrecks Database)

References

  1. Lehr/Best 76, "The McClure" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. BI, LeBe076

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1977 (Lehr/Best)
Keywords: war sea ship ordeal
Found in: Canada(Newf)