Fireman
BORN SAINT JOHN, 1892. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY CAMPBELL. WIFE OLIVE (HOVEY), BRUNSWICK. SUNK. 30/04/1918. AGED 26. HULL 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 […]
3rd Engineer
4, BELL VIEW, MIDDLEBURG STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
30/04/1918
Aged
25
BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF WALTER HACKETT (1865-1934) & ALICE WILFORD (1869-1934), OF 47, JAMES STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS FROM IRELAND AND WORKED AS A 'JOBBING DRYER'. HIS MOTHER WAS FROM BRIDLINGTON. BOTH PARENTS DIED IN 1934. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. AN APPRENTICE ENGINEER AND TIN WORKS FITTER. HIS WIFE ALICE MAUD (ADDEY), LIVE […]
1st Engineer
BORN HULL 1879. FOURTH SON OF ROBERT HODGSON, AN ACCOUNTANT IN THE CITY OF HULL. CHIEF OFFICER OF THE STEAMER "UMBA". HE WORKED FOR THE ELLERMAN & WILSON SHIPPING LINE. HE WAS LOST AT SEA, ON 30/04/1918, AGED 39. HE LEFT A WIDOW, FLORENCE GETRUDE HODGSON, LIVING AT 15 AUCKLAND AVENUE, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY M […]
2nd Mate
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES WILLIAM KERRIDGE (1867-1924) & FAITH ALICE KYNMAN (1868-1922), OF "CRESYLDENE", QUEENSGATE STREET, HULL. SON OF A RETIRED HUMBER PILOT. HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND FOUR BROTHERS. MARRIED AT ST MARYS, LOWGATE, IN JUNE 1915. HUSBAND OF ETHEL MARY RENSHAW (1892-1979), OF 23 CARRINGTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRES […]
Fireman
BORN BURSLEM 1887. SON OF CHARLES HENRY LONGSDALE & MARY ELLEN LONGSDALE (FORMERLY WOODWARD. HUSBAND OF ANNIE LONGSDALE (NEE STEELE) OF 3 POLAND STREET, AUDENSHAW, MANCHESTER. LOST AT SEA, ON 30/04/1918, AGED 31. CWGC & HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The UMBA was built as Adelheid Menzell (Constru […]
Sailor
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 12.5m x 5.8m. S […]
Sailor
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 was equipped wi […]
Fireman
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 a triple expansion […]
2nd Engineer
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. The Umba was built as Adelheid Menzell […]
Engineman
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 g […]
Fireman
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 engine delivering 1 […]
Steward
14 GROVE SUMMERVILLE, CHESTER, CHESHIRE, NORTH WEST ENGLAND, UK
Died on
30/04/1918
Aged
31
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. 287) in 1903 […]
Sailor
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 equipped with a triple […]
4 BROUGHTON VIEW, SALFORD, , GREATER MANCHESTER, UK
Died on
30/04/1918
Aged
16
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 […]
Master
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 NAVAL MEMORIA […]
