Winn, William

BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ROWLAND & EMMA WINN & 8 CHILDREN. 1911 ADDRESS. WAS A CLERK. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON.

JAFFA SS was built as a steel British Merchant steamship in 1897. Dimensions: 260.1´x35.2´x16´ Powered: Triple expansion engine 251nhp. 12 knots. 1,383 grt, defensively-armed. On the 2nd February 1918 when on route from Boulogne for Southampton whe was torpedoed by German submarine UB-30 and sunk when 3 miles E by S from Owers Light Vessel, English Channel. 10 lives lost. Owned by Wilson Line, Hull. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10563

Steamship Jaffa (Hull) 1897-1918

First name:
WILLIAM
Rank:
Fireman
Date Died
02/02/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
26
38 , BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK