Fireman
BORN GREECE 1879. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION, ON 31/10/1917, AGED 38. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on route from Tunis for England, with a cargo of iron ore. The captain and 23 of the crew were […]
Sailor
The British steamship Cambric SS was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 when 14 miles W. of Cape Shershel, Algeria, on October 31st, 1917 when on route from Tunis for England, with a cargo of iron ore. The captain and 23 of the crew were killed. Four men were taken prisoner by the submarine. PEOPLE ON BOARD SS CAMBRIC ABDUL MUHA […]
Able Seaman
BORN GREECE 1888. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL.
Merchant Mariner
BORN GOTHENBERG, SWEDEN, 1886. ARRIVED IN HULL AROUND 1905. REPORTED AS PART OF HULL CREWS LOST IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. NO CENSUS RECORDS FOUND. On 28 July 1915, ROYAL EDWARD embarked 1,367 officers and men at Avonmouth. The majority were reinforcements for the British 29th Infantry, but also included were members of the Royal Army Medic […]
Fireman
BORN 1897 ERACHIO, CRETE, GREECE. LOST BY ENEMY ACTION. HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS. UNTRACED ON CENSUS OR CWGC RECORDS. The British steamer Calenso was sunk by gunfire from U-33, 95 miles ESE of Malta, while on a voyage from Tees & Hull for Bombay with general cargo. ref. used:www.uboat.net People on board People on board SS COLENSO […]
