Able Seaman
BORN DENMARK 1881. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 24/02/1916, AGED 35 DUE TO ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. Tummel SS was a British Merchant steamer of 531grt. On the 24th February 1916 when on route from Grimsby for Treport she hit a mine and sank when 7 miles S from Kentish Knock, Thames. Vessel was owned by E. P. Hutchinson, Hull […]
Fireman
BORN DENMARK 1893. SON OF ANTON & MARY MADSEN. BROTHER PETER ALSO DIED AT SEA 8/11/18. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. SS Vasco, built by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1895 and owned at the time of her loss by T. Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 1.914 tons. 280x40x19.2 feet; 188 n.h.p. trip […]
Able Seaman
BORN COPENHAGEN 1896. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. Hull Daily Mail, 6th January 1919:- S.S. GITANO OVERDUE. - No News of Ellerman Wilson Liner. FEARED MINED. - GOTHENBURG. Friday. - Much anxiety is felt here regarding the Wilson Line steamer GITANO (1,687 tons), which was recently placed on the Gothenburg - Hull route. She left Hull with a c […]
