BORN HALL SANDS, DEVON 1863. WIFE AMELIA & SON JOHN HENRY LYNN OF 322 SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL. SHIPS SKIPPER OF THE ‘EDWARD B CARGILL’ DROWNED ON 15/11/1915, AGED 52, WHEN THE TRAWLER STRUCK A MINE OFF SPURN POINT. ALL HANDS LOST. LISTED IN THE LOST TRAWLERMEN OF HULL RECORDS. HE LEFT £239 IN HIS WILL TO HIS SON, JOHN HENRY LEYYN OF HALLSANDS, ANLABY PARK ANLABY.
Built as the EDWARD B. CARGILL for Cargill Steam Trawling Co Ltd, Hull; Yard No 206; Date of completion: 23/08/1898; 10 knots; In Jan 1914, tonnage adjusted to 73.7 net tons.
On the 15/11/1915 the Hull steam trawler EDWARD B. CARGILL (H.412) foundered and was lost after detonating a mine off Spurn Point, North Sea.
CREW LOST ON EDWARD B. CARGILL (H412), struck mine off Spurn, 15th November, 1915.
BEECH, Walter (47), 24 Scarborough St, Hull. Chief Engineer
CROSS, John (52), 9 Seaton-ter, Walcott St, Hull. Cook
DONNISON, William (29), 46 Rugby St, Hull. Bosun
FIRTH, Arthur (21), 3 Newington st, Hawthorne Ave, Hull. Trimmer
HALL, Christopher (29), 10 Allison-ter, Walker St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
HARBOARD, Albert (23), 4 Trent-ave, Eastbourn St, Hull. Sparehand
LYNN, Henry (52), Anlaby Park. Skipper
PETHERBRIDGE, Frank (29), 7 Somerset St, Hull. Mate
ROBINSON, William (21), Devonshire-villas, Wellsted St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
WILSON, Herbert (25), 13 Nellies-ter, Gillett St, Hull. Deckhand
Lynn, John Henry
First name:
JOHN HENRY
Regiment:
Rank:
Ship Skipper
Date Died
15/11/1915
Place died:
TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age:
52
