Service Details
Name:
 MacLENNAN
Given Name:
 ANGUS
Initials:
 A
Rank:
 Master
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Aloe
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Date of Death:
 1943-05-16
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Age:
 54
Cause of Death:
 On 5 Apr, the unescorted ALOE [Master Angus Maclennan] was torpedoed and sunk by U-182, 420 miles southeast of Durban. The master was taken prisoner by U-182 and died when the U-boat was lost on 16 May.
Additional
Information:
Angus had married a Miss MacKenzie in South Africa in his 50s but unfortunately, she died in childbirth along with her baby daughter. His family had come from the island of Fladda, off Raasay, and he was a native speaker of Scottish Gaelic. His father, Norman MacLennan, was also a merchant seaman and spent a considerable part of his life as a yachtsman for the families who owned Raasay House. Angus apparently began his seafaring career working with his father."
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Addenda Panel.

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