BORN BERNE, SWITZERLAND 1889. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. ADDRESS UNTRACED. DIED AT SEA, ON THE HULL STEAMER, ‘MONTEBELLO’, ON 21/06/1918, AGED 29. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY SEAMAN MEMORIAL RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON
SS Montebello, was a 4.324grt defensively-armed British merchant ship. Built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull.
On June 21st, 1918, Montebello, on a voyage from London to Hampton Roads, was sunk by the German submarine U-100 (Degenhart von Loë), 320 miles W1/2N from Ushant (Ouessant). 41 persons were lost, including the Ship’s Master.
First name:
LUCIEN W.
Regiment:
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
21/06/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
29
