BORN HULL 29/05/1867. SON OF JOHN & MARGARET ALLSOP. FIREMAN OH THE HULL TUG ‘CLANSMAN’. DROWNED ON 12/04/1915, AGED 48, WITH THE CHIEF ENGINEER, S. CUNDALL, AGED 59, FROM STANIFORTH PLACE, HULL. JOHN ALLSOP LEFT A WIDOW, ANNIE (HUGHES) & 10 CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE THE HULL TIMES, ON 27/03/1915. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY AND IS RECORDED ON THEIR WW1 MEMORIAL AT HULL TRINITY CHURCH.
THERE IS NO CWGC RECORD OF HIS DEATH OR HIS SHIP MATE.
| Name: | CLANSMAN |
| Launched: | 10/11/1902 |
| Completed: | 1902 |
| Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Son, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 221 |
| Dimensions: | 61grt, 5nrt, 75.0 x 15.1 x 7.9ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (12.5 & 26 x 20ins), 30nhp, 200ihp |
| Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Son, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 116112 |
| History: | |
| 1902 | T Gray & Co Ltd; registered at Hull |
| 1915 | Unknown owners, Russia |
| 1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 19/03/1915: Stranded on the Inner Binks, Yorkshire. She struck the Bunel Rocks in St. Malo Roads and sank on 13th April 1919. |
| Subsequently declared a total loss | |
| Thanks to Bill Harvey for the above details |
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Rank:
Fireman
Date Died
12/04/1915
Place died:
Sea
Age:
48
3 WOOLARTON TERRACE, DANSOM LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
