BORN HULL 1900. HE LEFT £30 IN WILL TO RICHARD RANE APPLEYARD, WAREHOUSEMAN, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
On February 1st, 1922, the British trawler MAGNETA, built in 1915 by Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders and owned by Ross, Francis & Thomas, Ltd, was wrecked in a hurrican. 9 crew and 2 Russians lost their lives.The MAGNETA was fishing legally 9 miles from the Russian border. Despite that, she was arrested and ordered to anchor at Porchnika Bay. Unfortunately, a hurricane made her ran shore and she was lost with 9 crew members and 2 Russian members of the gunboat’s crew. Only 2 crew members, who were taken aboard the gunboat survived. A long legal battle between the British and Russian government ended with the Russians finally accepting liability.
CREW LOST ON MAGNETA (H354), wrecked, off Murmansk, under Russian arrest, 1st February, 1922.
CLARKSON, Ernest (-), 8 Herbert’s-ter, Brighton St, Hull. Bosun
EDWARDS, H. (-), Aberdeen address not traced, Cook
HILL, George (34), 42 Waverley St, Hull. Chief Engineer
IVES, Albert (-), 8 Fern-grove, Division Rd, Hull. Skipper
IVES, William (-), 8 Welton-ter, Wassand St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
NEWBY, Frederick (32), St. George’s Gr, Woodcock St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
NEWBY, Lorenzo (21), 4 Victoria-Ter, Woodcock St, Hull. Trimmer
NURSE, Cyril (17), 119 Linnaeus St, Hull. Decky-learner
Appleyard, Frederick Walter
First name:
FREDERICK WALTER
Regiment:
Rank:
Trimmer
Date Died
01/02/1922
Place died:
Murmansk New British Cemetery, Russian Federation
Age:
22
