Andre verdenskrigDS Skottland

DS Skottland var på reise lastet med trelast bestemt for London via Halifax. Skipet ble torpedert 17. mai 1942 av den tyske ubåten U-588 halvveis mellom Cape Cod og Nova Scotia. I eksplosjonen ble en livbåt smadret og motorbåten kantret under utsettingen. En mann på vakt i fyrrommet ble drept. 23 mann kom med nød og neppe i sikkerhet i livbåt før store deler av skipet lå under vann etter fem minutter. Kort etter ble livbåten observert av et alliert fly. En fiskekutter tok de overlevende inn til Boston. En mann omkom og ni ble såret i forliset.

SS Skottland was on a journey carrying lumber destined for London through Halifax. On the 17th of May 1942, about midway between Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, the ship was torpedoed by the German uboat U-588. The explosion destroyed a lifeboat, the motor boat capsized as it was being lowered down and a man on guard duty in the boiler room got killed. Barely had 23 men made it to safety in their lifeboat when most of the ship was, within five minutes was submerged. Shortly after the lifeboat was spotted by an allied airplane. A fishing boat brought the survivors to Boston. One perished and nine were wounded in the sinking.