Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
S.S. CAPE FINISTERRE (Glasgow)
WW1
WW1
Cape Finisterre was a 4,380 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1907 by Russell & Co. for Cape Finisterre Steamship Co. Ltd. and managed by Lyle Shipping Co. Ltd. She was sunk on 2 November 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-17 at position 50° 02' N, 05° 01' W - approximately 1 nautical mile South-South-East of the Manacles Buoy Cornwall. She was en route from New York and Falmouth to Brest with a cargo of steel billets.