Bradfyne - Lives lost 1940

Master: 1940 Robert Greville Vanner.

On a voyage from Montreal for Sydney & Belfast in convoy SC-11with a cargo of grain & a total compliment of 43 Bradfyne was torpedoed by German submarine (U-100 Joachim Schepke) & sank SE of Rockall in the Atlantic Ocean in 55.04N/12.15W on 22 November 1940. 4 survivors were picked up by the Norse King & landed at Belfast. 39 lives lost including master.

Lives lost November 1940: Adam, William, marine, 42, Middlesex; Adan Mohamed, fireman/trimmer, 45; Ali Ahmed, fireman/trimmer, 44; Barker, Jack, 4^th engineer, 23, Goole, Yorks.; Barnard, Redvers, ordinary seaman, 21, Middlesbrough; Blower, John Kenneth, able seaman, 32, Hirwaun, Glamorgan; Butcher, Charles John, 2^nd officer, 25; Davies, Edward Harry, steward, 36; Dawn, Joseph Walter, sailor, 25, Waltham, Lincs.; Daynes, Henry Gordon Lechmere, apprentice, 17, Sawbridgeworth, Herts.; Dualeh Jama, donkeyman, 40; Duguid, Alistair John, 1^st radio officer, 20, East Kilbride, Lanark.; Evans, Phillip, chief officer, 34, Walsall, Staffs.; Ferris, Kenneth William, deck boy, 17, Tonyrefail, Glamorgan; Goodhall, Albert, fireman/trimmer, 38; Hafazalullah Umborullah, fireman/trimmer, 32; Hughes, Raymond, deck boy, 16, Borth, Cardiganshire; Kahen Farah, fireman/trimmer, 32; Kahin Ahmed, fireman/trimmer, 25; Lewarne, Stanley, 3^rd officer, 45; Lewis, Evan William, boatswain, 46, Rgyl, Flintshire; Ling, Henry Miles, ordinary seaman, 18; Loven, Frederick, able seaman, 51; Mohamed Abdul, fireman/trimmer, 38; Richardson, Thomas Henry, steward, 28; Robson, John George, 2^nd engineer, 30, Fulwell, Sunderland; Rogers, Glyn Kendrick, 2^nd radio officer, 20; Saleh Murshed, fireman/trimmer, 60; Siepen, Cyril Louis, 6^th enginner, 22; Tattam, John Marquis, 5^th engineer, 19; Thomson, Peter, chief engineer, 54; Tongs, Herbert Donald, cook, 27, Penarth, Glamorgan; Vanner, Rupert Greville, master, 37; Wanucacchey Din Maribull, fireman, 34, Nugegoda, Ceylon; Wheeler, Maurice Walter, 3^rd engineer, 25 Pitsmoor, Sheffield; Whitty, Patrick, carpenter, 57; Williams, Idwal Mason, apprentice, 19, Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan; Wilson, Ronald, assistant cook, 21, Penarth, Glamorgan; Wines, Thomas Glyn, cabin boy, 19.

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