BORN HULL 1868. YOUNGEST SON OF ELIZABETH AND THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM HAYLEY, OF 237 BOULEVARD, HULL. SERVED AS FIRST MATE, ON THE STEAM SHIP, ‘JUPITER’. LOST AT SEA, ON 21/05/1917, AGED 49. HIS WIFE MARY WHALEY & 4 DAUGHTERS – 37 GEE STREET (1911 CENSUS) . ADDRESS DETAILS FROM SHIP CREW RECORDS. LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH.
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.
Whaley, John William
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Rank:
1st Mate
Date Died
21/05/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
49
