BORN HULL 28/12/1893. SON OF JAMES HUNTER (1866-1931) & SELINA MARY KENNINGTON (1869-1936), OF 61, HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 8, EDITH’S GROVE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. SON OF A TRAWLERMAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A TRIMMER ON HULL TRAWLERS.
HIS WIFE MARTHA A. PREVALL, LIVED IN LEEDS. HE WAS A FIREMAN, ON HER MAJESTY’S DRIFTER, “PLANTIN”, WHEN HIS VESSEL STRUCK A MINE. HE WAS KILLED AT SEA, AGED 23. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 07/05/1917. *
HIS ELDER BROTHER, JAMES ROBERT HUNTER, RNR, HMS “CONDOR”, DROWNED ON 29/05/1915, AGED 25, WHILST FISHING IN THE NORTH SEA. HIS FATHER SERVED AS A CHIEF ENGINEER ON A MINESWEEPER.
HMD Plantin, built by McIntosh, Buckie in 1912 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy drifter of 84 tons. On April 26th, 1917, HMD Plantin was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-72 (Ernst Voigt), 3 miles east of Anvil Point. 9 persons were lost. Allen Tony 19/02/2008 Plantin FV was a British Steam Drifter used in counter mine activities off Standfast Point. On the 26th April 1917 she struck a mine laid by UC-72 and sank killing all the crew but one. ref. used:Wendes David, South Coast Shipwrecks People on board People on board HMD PLANTIN123 1. BURGESS, JOHN NORMAN (24), Deck Hand (no. 5108DA), HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Husband of E. Carter (formerly Burgess), of 37, George St., Great Yarmouth, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 2. GIBSON, PETER MCFARLANE , Deck Hand (no. 2650TS), HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 3. GUTHRIE, GEORGE CRAIK , Deck Hand (no. 7523DA), HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. HUNTER, REUBEN EYRE , Trimmer (no. 803TS), HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 5. INNES, GEORGE WILLIAM , Engineman (no. 2684ES), HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 6. LEIPER, GEORGE (18), Deck Hand (no. 13875DA), HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Son of George and Jane Leiper of 37, Wood St., Torry, Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 7. WOOD, JOHN (47), Skipper, HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Son of the late James and Helen Wood, of Portnockie; husband of Catherine Wood, of 9, Devanha Gardens South, Aberdeen, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 8. WOOD, JOHN (20), Engineman (no. 2683ES), HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Son of Catherine Wood, of 9, Devanha Gardens South, Aberdeen, and the late John Wood (Skipper). Native of Pormockie, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 9. WOOD, WILLIAM (18), Trimmer Cook (no. 420TC), HMD Plantin, Royal Naval Reserve, †26/04/1917, Son of Mrs. Catherine Wood, of 9, Devanha Gardens South, Aberdeen, and the late John Wood. Native of Portnockie, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30530
