Part of the
Acorn Archive
Hearts of Oak
Athel Line
Ships
Athelqueen
A Memorial
Stone
constructed by
Wyannie Malone Historical Museum of Hope Town, Abaco, The
Bahamas
This stone monument is on the dune overlooking the reef
and Atlantic Ocean
where many souls have been lost over the years.
The first bronze plaque on the monument memorializes
the 3 men that were lost on the reef from one of the
Athelqueen lifeboats around midnight on 17 March 1942.
Harold
Jones, 21yrs, Able Seaman, of Ferry House, Brynsiencyn,
Anglesey;
Son of William and Mary E. Jones, of Conwy, Caernarvonshire.
William
Proctor, 30yrs, Senior Third Engineer Officer, Wigan of 53, Mosside
Road,
Cadishead, Manchester; Husband of Nellie Proctor of Cadishead, Lancashire.
David
W Firth, 52yrs, Greaser of Beverley, North Dalton, Driffield, Yorks;
Son
of Edward and Sarah Firth.
A survivor from the M/V ATHELQUEEN, Alan Heald who was
the 3rd Radio officer and only 19 at the time, wrote an
article for the
Museum in Hope Town, Abaco relating the events of the
sinking, the lifeboat
voyage, the loss of the 3 men on the Elbow Reef and the
ensuing contact with
the folks from the village. He later talks about his
repatriation to the UK
via Nassau, Bahamas.
It is hoped that
this will be added to these pages shortly.
I am currently
attempting to find any living relatives of the three men.
The damaged
Tazzoli, underway.
Raymond
Forward
Photographs kindly provided by
Tony Bennett
of the Museumof Hope Town