BORN HULL 16/03/1865. SON OF EMMA AND ROBERT HEWSON. WIFE EMILY HEWSON ABOVE. NAVAL ADDRESS.
HMT Erin II, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley in 1903 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 181 tons. On October 19th, 1915, HMT Erin II was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-5 (Herbert Pustkuchen), off the Nab lightvessel. 7 persons were lost. People on board People on board HMT ERIN II123 1. CAMPBELL, DONALD (31), Deck Hand (no. 390/SD), HMT Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Son of John and Flora Campbell, of 27, Geary, Waternish, Portree, Skye, Memorial: Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery 2. HEWSON, WILLIAM , Engineman (no. 638ES), HMT Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. JAMIESON, ROBERT GLEGG (47), Engineman (no. 741ES), HMT Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Husband of Catherine Jamieson, of 22, Stafford St., Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 4. LAVERACK, ALFRED , Trimmer (no. 863TS), HMT Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. PAYNE, ARTHUR HENRY (18), Trimmer (no. 880TS), HMT Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Son of Richard Arthur Payne, of 18, Massey St., St. George’s Rd., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 6. SHERWOOD, WALTER , Second Hand (no. 474SA), HMT Erin II, Royal Naval Reserve, †19/10/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?146909
