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'''SS ''Rowan''''' was a British [[Passenger ship|passenger]] [[Steamship|steamer]] of the Laird Line which was sunk off [[Corsewall Point]] on the west coast of Scotland on 9 October 1921.

==Sinking==
''Rowan'' left [[Clydebank]] for [[Derry]], in Ireland, early in the afternoon on 8 October 1921, by arrangement waiting at [[Greenock]] to take on the members of the [[Southern Syncopated Orchestra]], a jazz band who had been performing in [[Glasgow]].<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |first=Giancarlo |last=Rinaldi |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-58803686 |title=SS Rowan sinking: The disaster that rocked jazz music |publisher=[[BBC News]] Scotland |date=9 October 2021 }}</ref><ref name=Times>{{cite news |title=Disaster at sea. Many lives lost |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=9 October 1921 |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/disaster-at-sea-many-lives-lost-qsqc29hqg |page=10 }}</ref> At approximately 12.15AM, in dense fog, ''Rowan'' was following the coast of Scotland southwards when she was rammed in the stern by the northward-bound American steamer {{SS|West Camak||2}} in the [[North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)|North Channel]]. The passengers were mustered on deck and had put on lifejackets, when the British steamer {{SS|Clan Malcolm|1916|2}}, coming to the rescue, rammed her from [[Port and starboard|starboard]] and cut her in two. ''Rowan'' sank within two minutes with the loss of 22 of the 97 people on board, including eight members of the jazz ensemble. Survivors were rescued by ''Clan Malcolm'', ''West Camak'', and the [[Royal Navy]] [[destroyer]] {{HMS|Wrestler|1918|6}}.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=Times/><ref>{{cite book|first=Brian|last=Patton|year=2007|title=Irish Sea Shipping|pages=178–84|publisher=Silver Link Publications|location=Kettering|isbn=978-1-85794-271-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/10/10/archives/ship-sinks-in-crash-hit-by-two-others-16-persons-missing-rowan-of.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |title=Ship Sinks In Crash, Hit By Two Others; 16 Persons Missing; Rowan of Laird Line in Collision Off Scotland With American Steamer West Camak. Rammed By Rescue Vessel. Disabled Craft Goes Down When Liner Clan Malcolm Strikes Her in Fog. 77 Of 93 Aboard Saved. Members of American 'Syncopated Orchestra' Among Passengers--Its Leader a Hero |date=10 October 1921 |page=1 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/10/09/orchestra_feature.shtml |title=History features: London's jazz legends |publisher=BBC News London |date=15 May 2008 |orig-year=10 October 2006 }}</ref>

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==References==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64975 |website=Wreck Site |title=SS Rowan [+1921] |accessdate=4 June 2013}}

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[[Category:1909 ships]]
[[Category:Ships sunk in collisions]]
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[[Category:1921 disasters in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks of Scotland]]


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