BORN HULL 1875. DOCK LABOURER. 53 SPENCER STREET, HULL. WIFE BRIDGET LIVED IN GREEWHICH. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS.
SS Rota, built by Dunlop, Bremner & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow in 1915 and operated at the time of her loss by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., London (requisition), was a British steamer of 2171 tons. On July 22nd, 1917, Rota, on a voyage from Benisaf to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore, was sunk by the German submarine UB-40 (Hans Howaldt), 7 miles ExS from Berry Head. 5 persons were lost. Allen Tony 16/06/2008 ROTA SS was a British Cargo Steamer of 2,171 tons that was defensively armed. On the 22nd July 1917 when 7 miles S from Berry Head she was torpedoed by German submarine and sunk when carrying a cargo or iron ore. 5 lives lost including the master. ref. used:His Majesty’S Stationary Office, British Merchant Shipping (Losses) WW1 Jan Lettens 03/11/2014 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office People on board People on board SS ROTA123 1. NEAL (42), Donkeyman, SS Rota, Mercantile Marine, †22/07/1917, Husband of Mrs. Neal, of 64, Lascelles St., Greenwich. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. SMITH, JOSIAH (26), Fireman, SS Rota, Mercantile Marine, †22/07/1917, Born at Mayumba, French Congo, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. THISTLETHWAITE, ALFRED FREDERICK (54), Master, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Rota, Mercantile Marine, °1863 ~ †22/07/1917, Born at Liverpool. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Thistlethwaite; husband of Mary H. Thistlethwaite, of 79, Olney St., Walton, Liverpool, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. WARNER, GEORGE (24), Mess Room Steward, SS Rota, Mercantile Marine, †22/07/1917, Son of Frances Warner, of 314, Mill St., Liverpool, and the late George Warner, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10298
