H.M.H.S.
DOVER CASTLE
SS
Dover Castle was built by Barclay Curle & Company Glasgow,
Yard No 443, in 1904 and launched 4th February 1904. Her propulsion
was steam, quadruple expansion engines, 969 nhp, 14.5 knots.
She was built as a Passenger/Cargo Vessel for Union-Castle
Mail Steamship Co Ltd, London with tonnage of 8,271. She was
converted to a hospital ship in World War 1 becoming HMHS
Dover Castle. She was sunk by UC.67 on 26th May 1917, when
50 miles north of Bone on passage Malta for Gibraltar. The
first torpedo struck her, killing 6 crew members, a seventh
casualty was a bath attendant found drowned two days after
the sinking. He is buried in Bone War cemetery. H.M.H.S. "Karapara"
270 survivors off the "Dover Castle" and transferred
them to Gibraltar. HMS "Chameloen", an escort, participatied
in the rescue. Dover Castle's captain and a volunteer crew
remained on board hoping they could save the ship but an hour
later the sub struck again and she sank in three minutes.
One source states that the second torpedo (to deliberately
sink the crippled vessel) was fired by one of the escorts.
Save for the crew killed, everyone else was saved.
[Source:
www.clydebuiltships.co.uk
and www.clydesite.co.uk
]
Seven
crew members killed
| BARRETT |
Owen
William |
Fireman
and Trimmer, H.M.H.S. "Dover Castle" (London),
Mercantile Marine. Killed or drowned when H.M.H.S "Dover
Castle" was torpedoed 26 May 1917. Aged 35. Born 18
February 1882 in Leamington. Resident 34, North Avenue,
Southend. Son of George William Barrett, of 22, Victoria
Avenue, Worcester, and the late Ellen Eliza Barrett (nee
Watts). Engagement 26 July 1902 for 12 years, extended 21
November 1905 for 12 years, Porter before joining, height
5 feet 2 inches, brown hair, hazel eyes, dark brown complexion.
In the 1901 census he was aged 19, born Leamington, Warwickshire,
a servant, Lift attendant (domestic), resident Sailors Home,
Canning Place, Liverpool, Lancashire,. No known grave. Commemorated
on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. |
| BARTLEY |
Charles
Thomas |
[Listed
as Thomas on ship records] Fireman, H.M.H.S. "Dover
Castle" (London), Mercantile Marine. Killed or drowned
when H.M.H.S "Dover Castle" was torpedoed 26 May
1917. Aged 39. Born Southampton. Resident 5, Cossack Place,
Southampton. Son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Bartley
(nee Thorn). No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL
MEMORIAL, London. |
| BRAND |
George
Charles |
Fireman,
H.M.H.S. "Dover Castle" (London), Mercantile Marine.
Killed or drowned when H.M.H.S "Dover Castle"
was torpedoed 26 May 1917. Aged 22. Son of George William
and Annie Brand, of 38, Ordnance Rd., Canning Town, London.
No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. |
| KENTCHEN |
William
George |
Trimmer,
H.M.H.S. "Dover Castle" (London), Mercantile Marine.
Killed or drowned when H.M.H.S "Dover Castle"
was torpedoed 26 May 1917. Aged 29. Born at Southampton.
Son of William and Phyllis Kentchen; husband of Nellie Kentchen
(nee Allen), of 21, Bedford Place, Southampton. No known
grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. |
| MOOR |
Arthur
H |
|
| MUNDAY |
Walter |
Trimmer,
H.M.H.S. "Dover Castle" (London), Mercantile Marine.
Killed or drowned when H.M.H.S "Dover Castle"
was torpedoed 26 May 1917. Aged 35. Born at Stepney, London.
Son of Sarah Munday, of 21, Oxford Rd., Stratford, London,
and the late Thomas Munday. No known grave. Commemorated
on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. |
| TAYLOR |
Henry
George |
Trimmer,
H.M.H.S. "Dover Castle" (London), Mercantile Marine.
Killed or drowned when H.M.H.S "Dover Castle"
was torpedoed 26 May 1917. Aged 17. Son of George and Ellena
Taylor, of 24, Blake Rd., Canning Town, London. No known
grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. |
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3 May, 2023
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