BORN HULL 22/01/1898. SON OF MARY SOUTHWELL & THE LATE GEORGE HENRY WINSHIP ABOVE ADDRESS. LISTED ON THE BARNSLEY STREET MEMORIAL. HE WAS LOST AT SEA, AGED 16. HE HAD BEEN IN THE NAVY FOR FIFTEEN MONTHS AND RECENTLY PROMOTED TO BOY FIRST CLASS. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH OCTOBER 1914. *
HMS Hawke, British, Edgar class First Class Protected Cruiser. Torpedoed by German submarine U-9 off Aberdeen in the North Sea. The torpedo hit amidships and HMS Hawke capsized within 10 minutes. The destroyer Swift and the steamer Modesta picked up 71 survivors but about 500 crew were lost. Eekelers Dirk 25/01/2006 British Light cruiser torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-9. She was part of the 12th Cruiser Squadron and had met with HMS Endymion so she could collect mail. An account of the sinking by a U-Boat crew member : http://www.warships.net/royalnavy/losses/hawk e-sinking.htm) Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62228
