BORN GLASGOW, 1883. WIFE ELIZABETH DOBSON, OF 8 CLARE GARDENS, CARDIFF. SON OF MRS JANET & THE LATE THOMAS DOBSON, RAVENSPUR HOUSE, DAVENPORT AVENUE, HESSLE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/05/1917.
SS Zanoni, built by J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland in 1907 and owned at the time of her loss by Turner, Brightman & Co., London, was a British steamer of 3851 tons.
On May 12th, 1917, Zanoni, on a voyage from Tyne to Genoa with a cargo of coal, was sunk by the German submarine U-34 (Johannes Klasing), 12 miles NExE of Cape Oropesa, Spain. 1 person was lost.
1. DOBSON, HARRY (34), Second Engineer, SS Zanoni, Mercantile Marine, †12/05/1917, Son of Janet and the late Thomas Dobson; husband of Elizabeth Dobson (nee Davies), of 8, Clare Gardens, Cardiff. Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
