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Hearts of Oak
Athel Line
Ships
Athelqueen
Reported three
men drowned, 46 Survivors
List C &
D, Issued by The Ministry of Shipping
“Price 2˝ pence
per copy”
3rd July 1942 - List of the Crew
MS Athelqueen ON 149660 Port of Registry Liverpool
Port Nr 4; Registered 1928; Registered Tonnage 8780grt;
5145 nrt; 2850 nhp; 3800 ihp; 3850 bhp.
Registered Owner : Athel Line Ltd., Bush House, Aldwych,
(London) WC.
Master Chas R J Roberts; Certificate Nr CSS 37140; 54 Man
Lane, Thornton, Liverpool
Commencement of Voyage : 9th February 1942, Hull; Voyage
- Foreign.
Termination of Voyage : 15th March 1942; At Sea; Vessel
sunk by enemy action.
Agreement Ledger with Shipping Master, Montreal; Official
Log Book lost with ship.
Received at the Port of Birkenhead 3rd April 1942.
1
Charles R J Roberts [Master], 33yrs, born Bootle
2
George Keedwell [1st Mate; 398535], 57, Tockington
3
Edwin Harvey Simmonds [2nd Mate; R214971],23, Coventry
4
James Read Hearse [3rd Mate], 25, Peasedown, St John
5
George Leslie Anderson [1st Radio Officer; R207061], 24, Burghead
6
James Douglas Sinclair [2nd Radio Officer; R226949], 21, Blackwaterfoot, Isle
of Arran
7
Alan B Heald [3rd Radio Officer], 19, Leyland
8
James MacIintosh [Carpenter; 1104837], 41, Glasgow
9
Archibald Edward Perchard [Bosun; 107943], 44, Par, Cornwall
10
Joseph Read [AB; R95857], 28, Banff
11
John Tacey Taylor [AB; R111030], 34, Hull
12
R White [AB], 49, Belfast
13
James F Henry Bener [AB; R172], 29, Hull
14 Harold Jones [AB; R208263], 21, Anglesey - Drowned
15
David Gordon Fayer [Sailor; R154587], 22, Yarmouth
16
Leslie Kipling [AB; R166977], 20, Hull
17
Frank Irving Jones [AB; 299387], 54, Liverpool
18
John George Cripps [OS; R242601], 20, Poole
19
Prince John Burke [OS; R242600], 20, London
20
Harry Crook [1st Eng; 240875], 51, Liverpool
21
Walter Alexander Allan [ Snr 2nd Eng; 1841703], 43, Runcorn
22
Arthur William Kemp [Jnr 2nd Eng ; R96458], 38, Hull
23 William Proctor [Snr 3rd Eng ; R182888], 30, Wigan - Drowned
24
Austin Gerard Egan [Jnr 3rd Eng], 33, Liverpool
25
Richard Alan Robinson [Snr 4th Eng; R226367], 20, Liverpool
26
Charles Stanley Stephenson [Jnr 4th Eng; R257426], 21, Newcastle
27 Raymond Scholey [Asst Eng] 21, Bury - Engagement Cancelled at Hull
28
William Corby Parkinson [Asst Eng; R251813], 21, Marske by the Sea
29
N C Shepherd [Asst Eng], 21, Southport
30
John Percy Turkwin [Donkeyman; R10882],66, Barnsley
31
George Boyeson [Fireman & ----?; 1083386], 44, Hull -m
32
John McGrath [Fireman & ----?; R109147], 34, St John
33
Albert Edward Field [Fireman & ----?; R159832], 21, Hull -m
34
Stanley Smith [Chief Steward; R58182], 35, Frost
Hall (North) ??
35
Hugh Halligan [2nd Steward; R190153], 23, Liverpool
36
Reginal Stanley Brown [Cabin boy; R203612], 18, Hessle
37
R Hill [MR Steward], 19, Belfast
38
Francis John Anderson [MR Boy], 16, Hull
39
W J Simpson [Deck hand], 29, Exeter
40
George G ? [2nd Cook & Baker], 25, Hull
41
William Henry Caley [Ship's Cook; R173744], 23, Birkenhead
42
F Hamley [Deck Hand], 30, Plymouth
43
V L Coleman [Deck Hand], 41, Buxted
44
A F Redmond [Deck Hand], 19, London
45
F E Bland [Deck Hand], 27, Chesterfield
46
S Pressley [Deck Hand], 31, Herne Bay
47 David W Firth [Greaser], 52, Beverley - Drowned
Apprentices
on board
48
Mark John Foster, 28 Jun 1935, Hallery
49 Roy Sampley Eley, 21 June
1921, G--------k?
50
Phillip Roland Freshwater, 31 July 1923, Thornton Heath.
Deaths
at Sea – drowned 17th March 1942
Harold
Jones, 21yrs, AB, Anglesey - Ferry House, Brynsiencyn, Anglesey
William
Proctor, 30, Senior 3rd Engineer, Wigan - 53, Mosside Road, Cadisherd,
Manchester
David
W Firth, 52, Greaser, Beverley - North Dalton, Duffield, Yorks
Raymond
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