BORN SUNDERLAND 1883. Husband of Louisa Erskine, of 30, Eastfield St., Sunderland. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS.
THAMES SS was a British Steam Coaster of 403 tons built in 1910 by Goole Sb. & Repg. Co., Ltd., Goole for Dale Coasters, Ltd. (Lythgoe, Amundsen & Co.), Hull (Newcastle). She was listed as missing on the 14th August 1917 when carrying a cargo of pig iron from Middleborough to Fecamp. She was sunk by german submarine UC-63 by gunfire and lost with all 10 hands. ref. used:www.uboat.net
People on board People on board SS THAMES123 1. CARLING, JOHN GATENBY (51), Master, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Father of Mrs. K. G. Hardie, of 249, Whitehall Rd., Gateshead, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. ERSKINE, JOHN CHARLES (34), First Engineer, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Husband of Louisa Erskine, of 30, Eastfield St., Sunderland. Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. HUNTER, JAMES (51), Fireman, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Husband of Annie Hunter, of 23, Maltings Rigg, Sunderland. Born at Sunderland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. MACLEAY, DONALD (26), Leading Seaman (no. 8093A), SS Thames, Royal Naval Reserve, †14/08/1917, Son of Mr. and Mrs. John MacLeay, of Letters, Lochbroom, Rossshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 5. PESCOD, WILLIAM GEORGE (43), Fireman, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Son of the late Robert and Jane Pescod. Born at Shotton Colliery, Co. Durham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. PICKERING, ERNEST GEORGE (32), Second Engineer, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Son of Annie Pickering and the late Joseph Henry Pickering; husband of Mary Jane Pickering (nee Stanford), of 7, Althorp St., Liverpool. Born at Ashton-under-Lyne, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. PLASCOS (35), Able Seaman, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Born in Spain, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. ROSSER, ARTHUR BREW (24), Cook, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rosser (nee Brew), of 43, Bundoran Rd., Aigburth, Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. ROSSER, BENJAMIN (26), Mate, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rosser (nee Brew), of 43, Bundoran Rd., Aigburth, Liverpool. Born at Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. SIERRA , Able Seaman, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, Born in Spain, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. SIMPSON, RICHARD (19), Able Seaman (no. Tyneside Z/5589), SS Thames, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †14/08/1917, Son of Ralph and Christina Simpson, of 42, Edith Street, Tynemouth, North Shields, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 12. WRIGHT, SAMUEL (42), Second Mate, SS Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, (Served as MACDONALD). Son of the late Samuel and Charlotte Wright; husband of Honor Wright (nee Feeney), of 10, Villiers St. Sunderland. Born in Ireland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58389
