SS_Clan_Forbes_(1938)
SS Clan Forbes (1938)
British cargo steamship
The SS Clan Forbes was a British cargo steamship. She was built for Clan Line Steamers Ltd as one of its Cameron-class steamships. She was launched at Greenock in 1938, served in the Second World War and was scrapped in Hong Kong 1959.[2]
This was the third of four Clan Line ships called Clan Forbes. The first was a steamship built in 1882 and sold to Furness, Withy & Co in 1903.[3] The second was a steamship built in 1903 and sunk by a u-boat in 1918.[4] The fourth was a motor ship built in 1961, sold in 1968 and scrapped in 1985.[5]