BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN & MARY ANN HARROW – 3. SUMMERS PLACE, WAVERLEY STREET, HULL. WIFE LILLIAN LIVED AT 14 , SUBWAY STREET, HULL, (1918 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL WALKER STREET MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL , ON 30/04/1918
HE IS ALSO LISTED ON HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS.
SS Agnete, built by Howaldtswerke, Kiel in 1894 and operated at the time of her loss by The Shipping Controller (R. S. Dalgliesh, Ltd., mgrs.), London, was a Danish steamer of 1127 tons. In 1915, Agnete from the Dnaish company Torm A/S, was requisitioned by the Admiralty and handed over to Galdliesh Steam Shipping Co. On April 24th, 1918, Agnete, on a voyage from Newport to Rouen with a cargo of coal, was sunk by a German submarine , 4 miles SxW of Start Point. 12 persons were lost. Allen Tony 13/03/2009 The steamship AGNETE SS was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine four miles S. by W. of Start Point on April 24th, 1918 when on route from Newport to Rouen with a cargo of coal. Twelve men, including the captain, were killed.
People on board SS AGNETE123 1. ADAMS, GEORGE SMART , Chief Engineer, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Husband of Cecilia Duncan Adams, of 4, Wolveleigh Terrace, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. ANAMI, SPERIO , Donkeyman, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Husband of Mrs. Anamio, of 88, Dolphin St., Newport, Mon, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. GEERLUM, GREGORY , Fireman, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. HARROW, JAMES (26), Second Officer, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Son of John and Mary Ann Harrow; husband of Lilian Harrow (nee Remmington), of 14, Subway St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. HUDSON , Master, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. KERR, THOMAS (35), Chief Steward, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Husband of Mary Kerr, of 35 Kilronan St., Belfast. Born at Belfast, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. KERR, THOMAS (15), Assistant Steward, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Son of Mary Duignan (formerly Kerr), of 35, Kilronan St., Belfast, and the late Thomas Kerr. Born at Cavan, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. KESHELL , Able Seaman, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. MENAIAS, GEORGE , Able Seaman, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. ROUND, WILLIAM HENRY (28), Leading Seaman (no. Bristol/Z/9344), SS Agnete, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †24/04/1918, Son of Isaac and Sarah Jane Round, of Smethwick; husband of Marinda Jane Round, of 1, Culthorpe Rd., Perry Barr, Birmingham, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 11. THOMSON, JAMES (62), Second Engineer, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Son of the late John and Margaret Thomson; husband of Hannah Elizabeth Thomson (nee Waller), of 78, Herrington St., Sunderland. Born at Thornhill, Dumfries, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. TYSELL, AXEL , Able Seaman, SS Agnete, Mercantile Marine, †24/04/1918, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134566
