BORN HULL 1872. BOATSWAIN ON THE STEAM SHIP, ‘JUPITER’. LOST AT SEA ON 21/05/1917, AGED 45. RECORDED ON HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. HIS WIFE MARTHA LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS (1901 CENSUS).
Jupiter SS was a British Merchant Cargo steamer of 2,124grt built for Hessler Shipping Co. (Jacob Hessler & Co,), West Hartlepool by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co, Greenock. In 1915 she was purchased by W. R. Bradley, Hull. She was powered by a triple expansion engine of 222nhp giving 10 knots. On the 21st May 1917 when on route from Dieppe for Manchester in ballast she was torpedoed by German submarine UB-40 and sunk when 15 miles west of Beachy Head, Sussex. 19 dead.
1. CODD, JOHN SIDNEY (33), Fireman, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, °1883 ~ †21/05/1917, Son of William and Mary Codd; husband of Laura Annie Codd (nee Fisher), of 2, Arlington Avenue, Perth St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. DREW, ALFRED (36), Fireman, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Son of Mary Thompson Drew, of 101, Arundel St., Hull; husband of Emily Drew. Born at Hampton, near Withernsea, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. FARQUHARSON, CHARLES P. (49), Able Seaman, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Born at Kingston, Jamaica, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. HOLDER, THOMAS HENRY (36), Sailor, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Son of Mary Ann Holder and the late Thomas William Holder; husband of Mary Elizabeth Holder (nee Hodgson), of 38, Queen St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. HOLLAND, HENRY (41), Ship’s Cook, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Born at Hope, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. JOHANSON, EDGAR HENRY (18), Second Mate, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Son of Rudolph and Karen Johanson, of 57, Estcourt St., Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. JOHNSEN, AUGUST (33), Sailor, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Husband of Esther Johnsen (nee Piercy), of 4, Alexander Terrace, Bean St., Hull. Born in Iceland, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 8. KIDD, JAMES (58), Donkeyman, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Son of the late Elizabeth Kidd; husband of the late Mary Ann Kidd. Born at Walpole St. Andrew, Norfolk, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 9. LAWRENCE, HARRY (57), Fireman, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Son of Henry and Rebecca Lawrence (Formerly Selby). Husband of Nancy Lawrence, of 17, Grosvenor Terrace, Grosvenor St., Hull. Born at Nottingham, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. LOUIS (63), Able Seaman, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Born in U.S.A, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. MURRAY, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (25), Fireman, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, (Served as WHELAN, Thomas). Son of Jane Murray (nee McLaughlin), of 8, Ferrier St., Leith, and the late James Murray. Born at Edinburgh, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. PENWILL, JOHN SYMONS (68), Master (Cert. 08264), Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, °1848 ~ †21/05/1917, Husband of D. A. Penwill. Born at Salcombe, Devon, Memorial: Seaford Cemetery 13. ROBSON, THOMAS WILLIAM (28), Second Engineer (Cert. 55441) (no. Dis. A 831650), Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, °1888 ~ †21/05/1917, Son of Matthew Henry and Annie Robson, of 189, Stanhope St., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Born at Gateshead. (NB Medal Card year of birth is 1886), Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. SEARLE, PERCY (19), Mess Room Steward, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, °1898 ~ †21/05/1917, Son of William John and Annie Searle, of 32, Hampden St., Salford, Lancs, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 15. SMITH (45), Boatswain, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 16. SMITH, ALBERT (22), Able Seaman (no. Bristol Z/5373), SS Jupiter, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †20/05/1917, Son of Arthur Smith, of 166, College St., Long Eaton, Nottingham, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 17. THOMPSON, GEORGE RENNIE (31), First Engineer, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, °1885 ~ †21/05/1917, Son of George Thompson, and the late Christina Rennie Thompson; husband of Caroline Halliday Thompson (nee Yeales), of 17, Waterloo Place, North Shields. Born at Dundee, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 18. WHALEY, JOHN WILLIAM (49), First Mate, Mercantile Marine Medal 1914-1918, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, °1867 ~ †21/05/1917, Husband of Mary Whaley, of 150, Chanterlands Avenue, Kingston-upon-Hull. Born at Hull, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 19. WILKIN, ALFRED BENJAMIN (23), Third Engineer, SS Jupiter, Mercantile Marine, †21/05/1917, Son of the late Horace and Mary Wilkin. Born at Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
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