BORN BEVERLEY 19/02/1881. SON OF WILLIAM AND JANE HORTON, OF BEVERLEY. HE LIVED WITH HIS HIS SISTER AT 5 WHITFIELD AVENUE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL.
HMT Corientes, built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd., Beverley in 1910 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 280 tons. On June 23rd, 1917, HMT Corientes was sunk by a mine from the German submarine U-79 (Otto Rohrbeck), 4 miles northeast of Malin Head. 13 persons were lost. Allen Tony 24/03/2008 Corienties HMT was a British Armed Navy Trawler of 280 tons built in 1910 by Beverly Shipyard, Hill for T W Bascomb, Grimsby as the registered FV Corienties Gy 552. In February 1915 she was drafted into the Royal Navy as a Minesweeper and fitted with a single 6 pounder gun. On the 23rd June 1917 she struck a mine whilst patrolling off Malin Head and sank. The wreck is know locally as “Mickey Willies Wreck”. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31390
People on board HMT CORIENTES123 1. BASS, THOMAS DAVID (50), Deck Hand (no. 8275DA), D S M, HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of Thomas David and Ann Elizabeth Bass, of Greenwich, London; husband of Adeline Bass, of 3, Rutland St., New Clee, Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. BEALES, ARTHUR (42), Engineman (no. 926U), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Husband of Edna E. Beales, of 18, John St., Brightlingsea, Colchester, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 3. BELL, FREDERICK ARTHUR (19), Trimmer (no. 1764TS), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of George and Maria Bell, of 82, Castle St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. BIBBY, WALTER JACKSON (45), Lieutenant, Mentioned in Despatches, HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of the late John and Jane Bibby; husband of Bertha Mary Bibby, of Rock House, Stoneycroft, Liverpool, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 5. CLARKE, CHARLES , Second Hand (no. 206SA), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 6. CRAWFORD, ARTHUR HENRY CHARLES (16), Signal Boy (no. 291SB), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of Arthur William and Rebecca Jane Crawford, of 1E, Peabody Avenue, Ebury Bridge, Pimlico, London, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 7. EAST, ARTHUR HENRY (41), Deck Hand (no. 4079DA), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Husband of Emily Maude East, of 121, Wellington St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 8. EDWARDS, MONTAGUE CECIL HULBERT (34), Able Seaman (no. 204043), HMT Corientes, Royal Fleet Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of Mary A. Edwards, of 33, Albert Rd., South Norwood, London, and the late Charles Henry Edwards. Native of Wimbledon, London. Service: RFR/PO/B/6486, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 9. GOWSHALL, CHARLES , Trimmer (no. 3340TS), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 10. HAMILTON, WALTER (27), Trimmer (no. 4893TS), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of William and Alice Hamilton; husband of Norah Annie Hamilton, of 15, Trent St., Lytham, Lancs, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 11. HORTON, ARTHUR (35), Trimmer (no. 2929TS), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of William and Jane Horton, of Beverley, Yorks, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 12. LANGFIELD, GEORGE FREDERICK (32), Telegraphist (no. Mersey Z/802), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of Frederick Langfield, of Rhyl, Flintshire, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 13. REID, JOHN (24), Engineman (no. 1910TS), HMT Corientes, Royal Naval Reserve, †23/06/1917, Son of John and Helen Reid, of 143, St. Andrew St., Aberdeen. Native of Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31390
