BORN HULL 1887. ONLY SON OF EMILY DAVISON, OF 109 , CONSTABLE STREET, HUL AND LATER HUTTON CRANSWICK. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HULL ADDRESS AND HIS DEATH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/07/1917. *
SS Torcello, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1912 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 2.929 tons.
On July 15th, 1917, Torcello, on a voyage from Palermo to Hull with general cargo, was sunk by the German submarine U-48 (Karl Edeling), 160 miles SWxW of Bishop Rock. 1 person was lost.
DAVISON, CHARLES HERBERT (29), Third Engineer, SS Torcello, Mercantile Marine, †15/07/1917, Son of John Smith Davison and Emily Davison; husband of Janet Adrienne Davison (nee Barker), of 4, Granby Place, Queen’s St., Scarborough. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
