BORN HULL 1871. SON THE LATE JOHN & MARY McLACHLAN, OF 8 KINGSTON VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. A SHIP WRIGHT, LIVING AT THIS ADDRESS WITH HIS WIFE MARY ANN AND THREE CHILDREN. (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP “JAFFA”, LOST AT SEA, ON 02/02/1918, AGED 47. HIS NAME IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. HIS SON ALLEN McLACHLAN, WAS KILLED IN 1915. HIS BROTEHR WAS KILLED WITH THE CANADIANS. HIS BROTHER IN LAW, PTE, WALTER HERBERT SCALES, CEF WAS KILLED ON 27TH MAY 1915.
Jaffa SS was built as a steel British Merchant steamship in 1897. Dimensions: 260.1´x35.2´x16´ Powered: Triple expansion engine 251nhp. 12 knots. 1,383 grt, defensively-armed.
On the 2nd February 1918 when on route from Boulogne for Southampton whe was torpedoed by German submarine UB-30 and sunk when 3 miles E by S from Owers Light Vessel, English Channel. 10 lives lost. Owned by Wilson Line, Hull.
1. BIGGADIKE, WILLIAM (28), Able Seaman, Son of the late Edward and Charlotte Ann Biggadike; husband of Rose Biggadike (nee Tompkins), of 3, Heron St., Selby St., Hull.
2. FRIEL, JOHN (50), Fireman, SS Jaffa, Mercantile Marine, 02/02/1918, Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
3. HAWKINS, GEORGE (37), Fireman, Son of John and Amelia Hawkins; husband of Alice Maud Hawkins (Nee Wheal), of 42, Grosvenor Buildings, Poplar, London. Born at Notting Hill Gate,
4. HOOLEY, ALBERT (50), Fireman, SS Jaffa, Mercantile Marine, 02/02/1918, Born at Oldham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
5. MACLACHLAN, ALLEN (47), Able Seaman, SS Jaffa, Mercantile Marine, 02/02/1918, Son of the late John and Mary MacLachlan, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
6. MAJOR, HENRY WILLIAM (33), Carpenter, SS Jaffa, Mercantile Marine, 02/02/1918, Son of the late Henry William and Emily Major; husband of Florence Major (nee Tait), of 6, Laurel Villas, Estcourt St., Hull. Born in London,Tower Hill Memorial
7. RICHARDSON, THOMAS (31), Fireman, SS Jaffa, Mercantile Marine, 02/02/1918, Son of Elizabeth Richardson, of 10, Egypt St., Marfleet, Hull, and the late Joseph Richardson, Tower Hill Memorial
8. WEBB, WILLIAM (36), Mess Room Steward, Son of Henrietta, and the late William Webb; husband of Margaret Webb (nee Ponus), of 14, Garden Suburbs, Lower Village, Shirehampton, Bristol. Born at Poplar, London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
9. WEBBER, ABEL (66), Able Seaman, SS Jaffa, Mercantile Marine, 02/02/1918, Son of the late John and Elizabeth Webber; husband of Sarah Webber (nee Pashley), of 4, Pleasant Place, Goodwin St., Hull. Born at Wembdon, Bridgewater,
10. WINN, WILLIAM (26), Fireman, SS Jaffa, Mercantile Marine, 02/02/1918, Son of Susan and the late Charles Winn; husband of Annie Winn (nee Knight), of 287, St. Leonard’s Rd., Poplar, London. Born at Stepney, London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
