Born 1891. Joseph Watson was lost at sea, aged 25
On 19/04/1916 the Hull steam trawler HAWK (H389) sank following a collision with the Brazilian s.s. CORCOVADO (3046 gt/ b 1890) in the North Sea, 5 miles north-east of Spurn Light-vessel, whilst outward bound from Hull towards Iceland. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?151933
Four Hull sailors were lost in the collision, and are commemorated on Hull’s Hessle Road, Memorial boards.
