BORN HULL 1885. SON OF BAKER WAINWRIGHT (1848-1924) & MARY JANE MADDICK (1855), OF 38 HAVELOCK STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. SON AN ENGINE DRIVER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A CARPENTER AND SHIPWRIGHT. HUSBAND OF LILY BROOK OF 82 EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. BROTHER OF TOM WAINWRIGHT, ANOTHER SEAMAN AT 6 WEST DOCK TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. HE SERVED AS A STOKER ON THE STEAM SHIP “HARROGATE”. LOST AT SEA, ON 20/02/1916, AGED 31. NO CWGC RECORD.
The British cargo ship Harrogate SS foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on February 20th, 1918. She was on a voyage from Hull to Bergen carrying a cargo of coke. ref. used: Hocking C., Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam.
People on board People on board SS HARROGATE123 1. ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (25), Leading Seaman (no. Clyde Z/6604), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of Robert and Elizabeth Glen Anderson, of Speeds Buildings, Whines of Milton, Stirling, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 2. FAIRWEATHER, JOHN KERR (21), Able Seaman (no. Clyde 2/227), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of David Fairweather (Lieut. and Q.M.R. Scottish Rifles), and Joanna Fairweather, of 61, Reform St., Dundee, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 3. GALVIN, MICHAEL (28), Seaman (no. 5596A), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of John and Kate Galvin of 18. Windmill St., Limerick, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133899
