BORN HULL 1864. SON OF JAMES & SABRINA ROBINSON. MARRIED 1884. WIFE ELLEN DECEASED LIVED ABOVE 1901. THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN. SERVED IN ROYAL NAVAL. DIED 27/04/1916, AGED 52. BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
Launched By Eales Shipbuilders, Hull, on 24th February, 1912, the double paddle steamer, HMS Killingholme, was used as a Humber Ferry Service. It was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a sea plane carrier, to intercept airships, in March 1916. On 27th April 1916, it suffered major damage while on an anti-zeppelin patrol, overnight in the Humber. There are conflicting accounts of what happened with some claiming that the ship hit a mine and others claiming the ship was hit by a torpedo from a German submarine. Regardless, 18 crew members were killed including four members of the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service. The attempts at intercepting airships were not successful and Killingholme was returned to her owners 21st April 1917.
