MASTER OF THE CARGO SHIP ‘AGNETE’. HE DIED AT SEA ON 24/04/1918. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/03/1919. HE LEFT £1,107 TO HIS WIDOW MARTHA AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HIS SON. LIEUT. CHARLES HENRY HUDSON, WON THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS & BAR FOR HIS NAVAL WAR WORK (HDM 06/03/1919)
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. ref. used:www.uboat.net Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134566
THEIR SON LIEUT, C H HUDSON, ROYAL NAVY, WON THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS ON 10/09/1915. HE WON A BAR TO THIS MEDAL ON 04/06/1916. THIS WAS FOR HIS SUBMARINE SERVICES & HE WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED FOR THE DSO. (HDM 06/03/1919)
