BORN OSLO, NORWAY, 1874. SON OF OTTO ROJAHN. HUSBAND OF KATE ROJAHN, AT 155 WALKER STREET, HULL. (HULL MERCHANT NAVY ADDRESS). COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK.. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, JOHN ROJAHN, 12TH EYR WAS KILLED ON 13/11/1916, AGED 44.
On October 20th, 1917, the British steamer SS Colorado, on a voyage from Hull to Alexandria with a cargo of coal & coke, was sunk by the German submarine UB-31 (Thomas Bieber), 1.5 miles east of Start Point. 4 persons were killed. Allen Tony 21/08/2007 Colorado was a 7,165grt, defensively-armed British Merchant Ship. On the 20th October 1917 when 1½ miles East from Start Point she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine. 4 lives lost. 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 COLORADO123 1. INGBERG, ADOLF (42), Donkeyman, SS Colorado, Mercantile Marine, †20/10/1917, Son of the late Oscar Adolph and Anna Ingberg. Born at Stockholm, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. MILNE , First Engineer, SS Colorado, Mercantile Marine, †20/10/1917, Memorial: Dartmouth (Longcross) Cemetery 3. ROJAHN, CARL (43), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Colorado, Mercantile Marine, †20/10/1917, Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Otto Rojahn; husband of Kate Rojahn (nee Stebbing), of 155, Walker St., Anlaby Rd., Hull. Born in Oslo, Norway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. STRETTON, JOHN HENRY (21), Fourth Engineer Officer, SS Colorado, Mercantile Marine, †20/10/1917, Son of Joseph Edwin and Florence Stretton (nee Markham), of 50, Scarborough St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77814
