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Jupiter (1901) - a general history

Official No. 112449: Code Letters JGBT: Code Letters SPTR.

Owners: 1901 Hessler Shipping Co (Jacob Hessler & Co) Hartlepool; 1915 WR Bradle (Hull) West Hartlepool.

Masters: 1903 Clark; 1906-09 J Garrett; 1916-17 John Symons Penwill (b. 1848 Devon).

Bound from Archangel for Hull with a cargo of timber Jupiter was attacked by German submarine (UB-27 Victor Dieckmann) & damaged. She was towed to the Firth of Forth & beached on 11 October 1916 & later re-floated.

Bound from Dieppe for Manchester in ballast Jupiter was torpedoed by German submarine (UB-40 Hans Howaldt) & sank 15 miles west of Beachy Head in 50.38N/00.5W on 21 May 1917. 19 lives lost including master.

Lives lost May 1917;

Codd, John Sidney, fireman, 33, Hull

Drew, Alfred, fireman, 36, b. Hampton, resided Hull

Farquharson, Charles, able seaman, 49, Kingston, Jamaica

Holder, Thomas Henry, sailor, 36, Hull

Holland, Henry, Cook, 41, b. Hope

Johanson, Edgar Henry, 2nd mate, 18, Hull

Johnsen, August, sailor, 33, b. Iceland, resided Hull

Kidd, James, donkeyman, 58, b. Norfolk

Laurence, Harry, fireman, 59, b. Nottingham, resided Hull

Louis, L, able seaman, 63, USA

Murray, John McLaughlin, fireman, 25, b. Edinburgh, resided Leith

Penwill, John Symons, master

Robson, Thomas William, 2nd engineer, 28, b. Gateshead, resided Newcastle-on-Tyne

Searle, Percy, mess room steward, 19, Salford, Lancs.

Smith, Albert, able seaman, 22 (Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve) Nottingham

Smith, F, boatswain, 45, Hull

Thompson, George Rennie, 1st engineer, 31, b. Dundee, resided North Shields

Whaley, John William, 1st mate, 49, Hull

Wilkin, Alfred Benjamin, 3rd engineer, 23, b. Aberdeen

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