BORN HULL 1893. WIFE MARY IVES. LOST TRAWLERMAN OF HULL RECORDS.
On February 1st, 1922, the British trawler MAGNETA, built in 1915 by Cochrane & Sons Shipbuilders and owned by Ross, Francis & Thomas, Ltd, was wrecked in a hurrican. 9 crew and 2 Russians lost their lives. The MAGNETA was fishing legally 9 miles from the Russian border. Despite that, she was arrested and ordered to anchor at Porchnika Bay. Unfortunately, a hurricane made her ran shore and she was lost with 9 crew members and 2 Russian members of the gunboat’s crew. Only 2 crew members, who were taken aboard the gunboat survived. A long legal battle between the British and Russian government ended with the Russians finally accepting liability.
CREW LOST ON MAGNETA (H354), wrecked, off Murmansk, under Russian arrest, 1st February, 1922.
CLARKSON, Ernest (-), 8 Herbert’s-Terrace, Brighton Street, Hull. Bosun
EDWARDS, H. (-), Aberdeen address not traced, Cook
HILL, George (34), 42 Waverley Street, Hull. Chief Engineer
IVES, Albert (-), 8 Fern-Grove, Division Road, Hull. Skipper
IVES, William (-), 8 Welton-Terrace, Wassand Street, Hull. 3rd/Hand
NEWBY, Frederick (32), St. George’s Grove, Woodcock Street, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
NEWBY, Lorenzo (21), 4 Victoria-Terrace, Woodcock Street, Hull. Trimmer
NURSE, Cyril (17), 119 Linnaeus Street, Hull. Decky-learner
Ives, William
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Rank:
3rd Hand
Date Died
01/02/1922
Place died:
Murmansk New British Cemetery, Russian Federation
Age:
29
8 WELTON TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
