BORN ROTTERDAM 1883. WIFE MARY EMILY (BELL) LIVED AT 35 PERCY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF THE LATE FRANCOIS & ANNETTA HOUVENGHEL.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Lepanto was a 6,389 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1915 by Russell & Co. for T.Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd. From 1917 she was owned by Ellerman’s Wilson Line Ltd. She was damaged on 23 October 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-31 approximately 3-4 nautical miles off Dartmouth. She was en route from Middlesbrough to New York.
First name:
FRANK HERBERT
Regiment:
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
23/10/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
34
