Young, James William

BORN HULL 1861. SON OF LATE WILLIAM YOUNG & MARY ANN ASHTON. HIS WIFE ZILAH YOUNG LIVED GREYTHORN, WITHERNSEA. HE WAS EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL AND HAD SPENT HIS LIVE AT SEA. HE WAS PRESUMED DROWNED ON 30/04/1918, AGED 56. HIS NAME IS REMEMBERED ON TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL, HULL. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL … Read more

William, John

BORN SIERRA LEONE 1895. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH AND TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x 12.5m x 5.8m. She was … Read more

Williams, Benjamin

BORN PENDLEBURY, LANCS, 1901. SON OF THE LATE BENJAMIN & MARTHA WILLIAMS, AT BOLTON ROAD SALFORD, MANCHESTER. LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. COMMEMORATED TOWERE HILL MEMORIAL, . The Umba was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged, screw steamer, … Read more

Whitfield, Mathew Charles

BORN WEST DERBY, LIVERPOOL, 1886. SON OF ROBERT AND ALICE E.WHITFIELD, AT 35 VAUXHALL ROAD, LIVERPOOL. A BUTCHER SHOP MANAGER. SERVED AS CHIEF STEWARD, IN THE MERCHANT NAVY. DIED AT SEA ON THE 30/04/1918, AGED 31. PROBATE ADDRESS. LEFT £170 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. … Read more

Suto, T

BORN JAPAN 1882. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. UNTRACED. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x 12.5m x 5.8m. She was equipped with a triple expansion steam … Read more

Quenet, Francois Alfred

BORN SUNDERLAND 1862. WIFE EVANGELINE ABOVE. GEORGE ALFRED QUENET – MERCHANT SEAMAN ALSO SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH, AND TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross … Read more

Pitt, Edwin

BORN HULL 1876. SERVED AS SECOND ENGINEER, ON THE STEAM SHIP “UMBA”. KILLED AT SEA, ON 30/04/1918, AGED 42. HE LEFT A WIDOW, LILLIE (HYDE) WHO LIVED AT 9 ROSMEAD STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/05/1918. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. … Read more

Paguala, Edwardo

BORN CHILE 1880. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x 12.5m x 5.8m. She was equipped with … Read more

McFarland, David

BORN OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER, 1898. SON OF ADELE & JON McFARLANE. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The Umba was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x 12.5m x 5.8m. She … Read more

McCann, Harry

BORN 1894, RUSH CO. DUBLIN. WIFE CATHERINE, OF 52 ORCHARD STREET, SWANSEA. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The Umba was built as Adelheid Menzell (Construction No. 287) in 1903 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock, Germany. She was a schooner rigged screw steamer with a gross tonnage of 1501t, and measured 88.39m x … Read more