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SS Coath
Originally named SKERRYVORE.
ON 86730
Iron screw steamer.
Built October 1882 by Workman Clark, Belfast
994 grt
225ft 6ins x 31ft x 15ft 6ins.
Compound steam engine; operating at 100 lbs/sq in
pressure
supplied by J.Rowan & Sons, Ltd., Belfast.
Owners : Clyde Shipping Co (George G.Kidston, managers)
21,
Carleton Place, Glasgow.
Port of Reg : Glasgow.
SS Coath, sailing out of Mount’s Bay, with St Michael’s
Mount on the horizon.
Picture from a photograph provided by the daughter of
Edward Johns.
1901 Renamed SS COATH.
Bazeley & Co., Port of Registry : Penzance.
1909 14th
July : Collided with and sank RN Submarine A9 off Plymouth.
The
A9 sank to bottom, but luckily the crew managed to resurface, with no
casualties.
1916 12th
December. Presumed sunk by a mine in the English Channel.
Further
information revealed that on 12th Dec 1916, she was torpedoed and
sunk in the English Channel, off Beachy Head, 3 miles SW of Eastbourne, by the
German submarine UB 38, whilst on a voyage from Le Havre.
Reported
to have been carrying guns and ammunition.
16 crew lost including the Master
Those who
died 13th December 1916.
Information
kindly provided by
The
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Tower Hill
Memorial - London
BERRYMAN,
Master, Luke Spargo. Age 59.
Father of Miss
Mary J. Berryman, of Calabar House, 3, Lescudjack Rd., Penzance.
COLTON, Able
Seaman, Thomas James. Age 49.
Son of the
late John and Mary Colton;
Husband of
Lucy Edith Colton (nee Adlam), of 1, Quay St., Penzance.
Born at
Penzance.
ENNIS, Able
Seaman, Thomas Frederick. Age 22.
Son of Thomas and
Fanny Ennis, of 3, Portland Terrace, South Keighton, Newhaven, Sussex.
Born at Rye.
FOSKETT,
Fireman, Walter Edgar. Age 37.
Son of Mr and
Mrs. Walter Henry Foskett;
Husband of
Gertrude Alice Foskett (nee Gale), of 81, Montgomery St., Hove, Sussex. Born at
Swaffham, Norfolk.
FREETHY,
Second Engineer, Thomas. Age 33.
Husband of
Edith Caroline Freethy (nee Roscholar), of 23, Taroveor Terrace, Penzance.
Born at
Penzance.
HUGHES, Mate,
Griffith Evan. Age 45.
Son of the
late John and Mary Hughes;
Husband of
Maggie Hughes (nee Edwards), of 25, Clapham Rd., Anfield, Liverpool.
Born at
Amlwch.
JOHNS, Able
Seaman, Edward. Age 42.
Son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Johns;
Husband of
Mary Johns (nee Capel), of 25, Camberwell St., Penzance.
Born at
Penzance.
PARISH, Ship's
Cook, Richard John Farley. Age 52.
Son of Sarah
Parish, of 9, Mount St., Plymouth, Devon, and the late Nathaniel Parish.
PARSONS,
Steward, Bernard Osborne. Age 34.
Son of Leonard
and Elizabeth Parsons;
Husband of
Elizabeth Ellen Parsons, of 1, St. Philip St., Penzance.
Born at Sea
"Schooner Emma Louise."
ROWE,
Donkeyman, Bertie. Age 28.
Son of Robert
Steven and Elizabeth Jane Rowe, of 13, St. Henry St., Penzance.
SMITHERS,
Fireman, Henry James. Age 35.
Son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Smithers;
Husband of
Mary Jane Smithers (nee Scott), of 1, Zante Cottages, Wick, Littlehampton,
Sussex.
Born at
Shoreham, Kent.
SMYTH, Able
Seaman, Sydney Doulton Percival. Age 30.
Son of the
late Bertram and Mary Ann Smyth;
Husband of
Edith Maud Smyth (nee Wilks), of 4, Denton Terrace, Newhaven, Sussex.
Born in
London.
STRIKE,
Boatswain (Bosun), Thomas Coalls. Age 58.
Son of the
late James and C. Strike;
Husband of
Mary Jane Strike (nee Marrack), of 49, Daniel Place, Penzance.
Born at
Porthleven, Cornwall.
WILKINS, First
Engineer, Richard Henry. Age 59.
Son of the
late John and Elizabeth Wilkins;
Husband of
Mary Jane Wilkins, of 12, Richmond St., Penzance.
Born at
Chyandour. Gulval.
WILLIAMS,
Fireman, John Thomas Wallis. Age 37.
Son of George
and the late Annie Williams;
Husband of
Katie Williams (nee Crocker), of 23, Taroveor Terrace, Penzance.
Born at
Penzance.
WROATH, Able
Seaman, William. Age 33.
Son of Annie
and the late William Wroath;
Husband of
Mary Wroath (nee Polglans) of Vanguard House, Mousehole.
Born at
Mousehole.
Raymond
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