Florian - Lives lost 1941

Master: 1941 Laurence Robert Mann.

On a voyage from Hull for New York in ballast with a total complement of 41 Florian sailed from Oban on 18 January 1941 & was not heard from again. Her lifeboat & wreckage were seen in 61.14N/12.05W. It was thought she was sunk on 20 January 1941 by German submarine U-94 (Herbert Kuppisch) who reported sinking a boat by torpedo SW of Iceland. All 41 hands were lost.

Lives lost January 1941: Allan, Frank, fireman/trimmer, 35, Hull; Allan, Walter Christopher, fireman/trimmer, 21, Hull; Allen, Graham Simson, apprentice, 19; Barber, William Ernest, trimmer, 22, Wellington, Shropshire; Barker, Ronald, cadet, 19, Royton, Lancs.; Bewley, Frederick, assistant cook, 24, Doncaster, Yorks.; Broberg, Gustav Victor, fireman/trimmer, 33, Gypsyville, Hull ; Brown, Joshua, fireman/trimmer, 23, b. Grimsby, resided Edinburgh; Brownlee, George Leslie, carpenter, 30, Keresley, Warwick; Cawkwell, Harold, fireman/trimmer, 25, Hull; Consitt, Victor, able seaman, 22, Hull; Crowell, Clyde P, fireman/trimmer, Canada; Deakin, Sydney, sailor, 20; Evans, Albert Henry, able seaman, 23, Llanelly, Wales; Foster, John Gerald, cadet, 16, Hoylake, Cheshire; Geddes, John Coral, fireman/trimmer, 21 ; Hunt, Alfred Albert Dardanelles, donkeyman, 25; Hunter, Wilfred, able seaman, 43, Hull; Ibbetson, Leslie, able seaman, 21; Krinkle, Frank, assistant steward, 18; Love, David Ronald, cadet, 19, Purley, Surrey; Lowson, Frederick, trimmer, 33; Mann, Laurence Robert, master, 54, Wallasley, Cheshire; Manning, Ernest Carr, donkeyman, 39; Markwell, Edward, boatswain, 37; McGowan, Bernard, fireman/trimmer, 38 (son of Martin & Margaret); Moir, James Archibald, chief engineer, 54, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead; Needham, Stanley Oscar, chief steward, 57, Thornton, Liverpool; Petley, James Arthur, chief officer, 39, Appledore, Devon; Roche, John William, able seaman, 48; Shaw, Jack, 2^nd radio officer, 18; Stephens, Clarence Frederick, 3^rd engineer, 27, Bristol; Stevenson, Arthur, cook, 18; Stone, Rendle Charles James, 1^st radio officer, 34, Mossley Hill, Liverpool; Taylor, William, fireman/trimmer, 23; Wetton, John Henry, donkeyman, 60, Hull; Williams, William Lloyd, 2^nd officer, 57, Liverpool; Wheatley, Reginald Horace, able seaman, 35, Northville, Bristol; Yeoman, George Herbert, trimmer, 27; Yorgenson, Arthur Carlo, 2^nd engineer, 39, Gipsyville, Hull.

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