BORN HULL 21/01/1888. SON OF MATHEW HENRT BURKE . & SARAH ANN FROW. HE LIVED WITH UNCLE WILLIAM & ELIZABETH BLEWETT, AT 74 , WEST DOCK AVENUE, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 12 ESSEX STREET, HULL 91911 CENSUS). A BOAT BUILDER AND SHIP CARPENTER. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS BROTHER ALBERT, DIED IN CANADA ON 13/12/1918, AGED 36.
SS Ferndene, built by Northumberland SB. Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1899 and owned at the time of her loss by Dene Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. (J. T. Lunn & Co.), Newcastle, was a British steamer of 3770 tons. On April 24th, 1917, Ferndene, on a voyage from Table Bay to London with a cargo of graphite & meal, was sunk by the German submarine U-53 (Hans Rose), 150 miles west of Bishop Rock. 9 persons were lost. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139976
1. AGIST, JAMES (62), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, Son of the late George and Winifred Agist; husband of Sarah Jane Agist (nee Gould), of 10, Corelli St., Newport, Mon. Born at Lyndhurst, Hants, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. ALLISON, VAUGHAN (45), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, Born in U.S.A, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. BURKE, HARRY (27), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. MAINIES (17), Cooks Boy, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Mainies, of 376, Greyling St., Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Born at Natal, South Africa, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. MULCARE (26), Fireman, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, Born in Montserrat, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. PATRASEN (34), Able Seaman, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, (may have been named PATRASIA). Born in Romania, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. PELTON, THOMAS MARTIN , Master, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, Son of the late Captain J. and Margaret Pelton; husband of Frances Mary Pelton, of 2, King’s Drive, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. THOMPSON, JOS (56), Ship’s Cook, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, Born at Birkenhead, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. WEBB, ARTHUR LEONARD (19), Apprentice, SS Ferndene, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1917, Son of Edward George and Florence Webb (nee Galley), of 16, Garland Rd., Poole, Dorset, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139976
