BORN HULL 1860. SON OF THOMAS KIDD OF 2, WHITEFRIARGATE, HULL. NO OTHER CENSUS RECORD. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.
JUPITER SS was a British Merchant Cargo steamer of 2,124grt built for Hessler Shipping Co. (Jacob Hessler & Co,), West Hartlepool by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co, Greenock. In 1915 she was purchased by W. R. Bradley, Hull. She was powered by a triple expansion engine of 222nhp giving 10 knots. On the 21st May 1917 when on route from Dieppe for Manchester in ballast she was torpedoed by German submarine UB-40 and sunk when 15 miles west of Beachy Head, Sussex. 19 dead. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11647
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Rank:
Donkeyman
Date Died
21/05/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
58
