Remembering those who fought in the Great War.

Murdoch MacDonald

SON OF NORMAN AND JESSIE MACDONALD (NEE MATHESON), COVE COTTAGE, LANGBANK, PORT GLASGOW. BORN AT HIESKER, INVERNESS.

MANGARA, 1,821/1889, SS Mangara Co (MacLay & McIntyre), Glasgow-reg, 18 crew, Mr H Beattie, sailing Bilbao for West Hartlepool with 2,400t iron ore, steaming at 8kts with pilot in charge. Torpedoed by UB.16, sank ¼ miles E of Sizewell Bank Buoy, Aldeburgh (L - 50yd off; wi - in 52.12.30N, 01.41.30E); 11 crew lost

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Murdoch MacDonald