BORN HULL 16/09/1868. SON OF CHARLES ROBERT FELLOWES AND HANNAH OSBOURN. EDUCATED AT CONSTABLE STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE JOINED THE MERCHANT NAVY, ON 25/12/1886. SERVED ON THE WILSON LINE FOR 30 YEARS. HE MARRIED AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL, ON 07/01/1891. HIS WIFE KATE (CUTSWORTH) & 3 CHILDREN LIVED AT 102 , REGENT STREET, HULL.
HE WAS POSTED TO THE CARGO SHIP ‘HARROGATE’. SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEER, ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. EMPLOYED ON A NUMBER OF SPECIAL SERVICES. THE SHIP WAS SUNK 80 MILES OF THE NORWEGIAN COAST, ON 20/02/1918. IT WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM HULL TO BERGEN, CARRYING A CARGO OF COKE. HE DROWNED, AGED 50. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND CHILDREN, ERNEST FRANK AND ELSIE.
HIS DEATH & ADDRESS WERE REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/02/1919.
HE IS RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 4, AND ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.
The British cargo ship Harrogate SS foundered 50 miles off the coast of Norway on February 20th, 1918. She was on a voyage from Hull to Bergen carrying a cargo of coke. ref. used:Hocking C., Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam.
People on board People on board SS HARROGATE123 1. ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (25), Leading Seaman (no. Clyde Z/6604), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of Robert and Elizabeth Glen Anderson, of Speeds Buildings, Whines of Milton, Stirling, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 2. FAIRWEATHER, JOHN KERR (21), Able Seaman (no. Clyde 2/227), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of David Fairweather (Lieut. and Q.M.R. Scottish Rifles), and Joanna Fairweather, of 61, Reform St., Dundee, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 3. GALVIN, MICHAEL (28), Seaman (no. 5596A), SS Harrogate, Royal Naval Reserve, †20/02/1918, Son of John and Kate Galvin of 18. Windmill St., Limerick, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133899
