Able Seaman
BORN ICELAND 1887. HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH. TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. CALYPSO SS was a 2,876grt British Merchantship built in 1904 by Earle’s Sb. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull and owned by T. Wilson, Sons & Co., Ltd., Hull . There was accommodation for 57-1st, 44-2nd and 863-3rd class passengers. Taken up by the Admiralty in […]
Able Seaman
BORN ICELAND 1894. DROWNED ON 24/02/1916, AGED 22 DUE TO ENEMY ACTION. HIS BROTHER, BERGESTEIN DIED AT SEA WW2 - LIVED 41 ALBERT AVENUE. THEIR NAMES ARE LISTED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR. SS Tummel, built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Goole in 1912 and owned at the time of her loss by E. P. Hutchinson, Hul […]
