Born Campbeltown. Ship listed on Gourock War Memorial as Cotting Lane. Son of the late John and Elizabeth McPhail (nee Mitchell). Born at Campbeltown. Probably the man on St John's Gourock Memorial

Sunk by submarine gunfire from U-24 on 26 December 1915 when 16 miles SW of Lundy Island, with the loss of 7 of her crew. Voyage Rouen for Swansea in ballast. Gourock man Cpt Colin Mitchell survived