BORN HULL 1869. ANTONIO GASPANI ARRIVED FROM ITALY & BOULONGE ON 11/04/1857. NO OTHER RECORD FOUND.
Lux, built by Forges & Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Havre in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Lane & Macandrew, London, was a British tanker of 2621 tons. On February 5th, 1917, Lux, on a voyage from New York to Calais with a cargo of refined petroleum, was sunk by the German submarine U-60 (Karl Georg Schuster) 50 miles west of Mizen Head. All hands, 29 persons were lost. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?156406
1. ANTIERENS, AUGUSTUS (50), Able Seaman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of Marie De Graeve Antierens, of Ostend, and the late Charles Antierens. Born in Belgium, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. APPLETON, FOSTER (42), Second Mate, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of the late Walter and Sarah Appleton. Born at North Shields, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. BARKER, GEORGE HENRY (16), Ordinary Seaman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of Anna Barker (nee Towns), of 7, Balmore St., Dartmouth Park Hill, Highgate, London, and the late Thomas Barker, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. BLOCK , Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. BRINKBURNS (22), Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born in Holland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. CHICHESTER , Third Mate, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Memorial: St. Martin’s Churchyard, Isles Of Scilly 7. CLARKE (34), Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born at Southampton, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. DIARIRU (27), Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born in Brazil, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. FULLER (20), Pumpman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. GAMO (23), Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born in Mexico, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. GASPNI (48), Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. HANSON, LEONARD EDWARD (24), Third Engineer, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of Rosetta and the late Thomas Hanson; husband of Mabel Ellen Hanson (nee Tullett), of 26, Killearn Rd., Catford, London. Born at Southwark. London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. ISHMARU (28), Able Seaman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of Sangoro Ishimaru, of Saga, Japan. Born in Japan, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. KIMURA, JUNYI (29), Sailor, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born in Japan, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 15. LAWSON, VIVIAN OLDRY (32), Chief Engineer, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of Annie Brown Taylor (formerly Lawson), of 16, Cavendish Gardens, Clapham Park, London, and the late Edward Lawson. Born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 16. LEE (56), Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born at Dublin, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 17. MATHIESON (59), Boatswain, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born in London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 18. MENDELSON, TOBIAS (29), Steward, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of Joseph Mendelson, of 59, Meuwe Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, Holland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 19. MURPHY (20), Sailor, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born at Antrim, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 20. NICHOLLS, WILLIAM THOMAS (46), Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of the late Charles and Eliza Nicholls; husband of Ellen Nicholls (formerly Harmer, nee Blazier), of 75, Green Bank, Old Gravel Lane, Wapping, London. Born at Limehouse London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 21. OUMTANI (33), Fireman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born in Chile, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 22. REYNOLDS, JAMES OATEY (27), Fourth Engineer Officer, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of James and Alice Reynolds; husband of Eva Reynolds (nee Clark), of 7, St. Mary’s Rd., Barking, Essex. Born at Blackfriars, London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 23. ROBINSON (32), Master, D S C, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Husband of Gladys Batterbury (formerly Robinson), of Sunnybank, Smithamdowns Rd., Purley, Surrey, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 24. SHORT (19), Second Cook, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born at Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 25. TAIT, ROBERT (42), Second Engineer, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of James and Elizabeth Tait, of New St., Scalloway, Lerwick. Born at Glasgow, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 26. TANAKA (21), Sailor, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Born in Japan, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 27. THOMAS, JAMES PARRY (43), First Mate, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of James Thomas of Louvain, New Quay, Cardiganshire, and the late Mary Thomas (nee Parry), Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 28. WALSH (33), Able Seaman, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of Ellen, and the late Patrick Walsh; husband of Johanna Walsh (nee Haven), of Cross Strand St., Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Born at Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 29. WHITE, REGINALD LESLIE MARSHALL (14), Mess Room Steward, SS Lux, Mercantile Marine, †08/02/1917, Son of Jonathan Leonard and Ethel Maud White, of 7, Brown’s Hill, Dartmouth, Devon, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?156406
