BORN WEXFORD 1894. SON OF MARY & NICHOLAS ROSSITER. WIFE ELIZABETH – 20 HOOK STREET, LIVERPOOL. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. UNTRACED.
SS Oslo, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1906 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 2296 tons. On August 21st, 1917, Oslo, on a voyage from Trondheim to Liverpool with a cargo of copper ore, was sunk by the German submarine U-87 (Rudolf Schneider), 15 miles ExN of the Out Skerries, Shetland Islands. 3 persons were lost. Allen Tony 08/09/2007 OSLO SS was a British Merchant steamer of 2,296grt. On the 21st August 1917 when on route from Drontheim for Liverpool she was torpedoed by German submarine U-87 and sunk when 15 miles E x N from Out Skerries, Shetland. Owned by Wilson Line, Hull. ref. used:His Majesty’S Stationary Office, British Merchant Shipping (Losses) WW1 Jan Lettens 04/04/2013 UK hydro member ref. used:UK Hydrographic Office People on board People on board SS OSLO123 1. CLARKE, THOMAS (41), Fireman and Trimmer, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Oslo, Mercantile Marine, °1876 ~ †21/08/1917, Son of the late David and Margaret Clarke; husband of Sarah Clarke (nee McCarthy), of 96, Boundary St., Liverpool. Born at South Shields, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. ROSSITER (33), Fireman and Trimmer, SS Oslo, Mercantile Marine, †21/08/1917, Son of Mary and the late Nicholas Rossiter; husband of Elizabeth Rossiter (nee Kavanagh), of 20, Hook St., Liverpool. Born at Wexford, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13666
