Otterpool

Steamship Otterpool.

Master: 1940 Thomas Prince.

In convoy HGF-34 on a voyage from Bona for Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron-ore & a total complement of 39 Otterpool was torpedoed by German submarine U-30 (Fritz-Julius Lemp) & sank 30 miles west of Ushant on 20 June 1940. 1 gunner, the master & 21 of the crew lost.

Lives lost June 1940: Annandale, Alexander Henry Ralph, 3^rd engineer, 34, Edinburgh; Brown, Alexander, fireman/trimmer, 56; Cooper, William, corporal (Royal Marines) aged 45, Nantwich, Cheshire; Davies, William, greaser, 47, Adamsdown, Cardiff; Davis, Harry Hardy, 2^nd officer, 24, West Hartlepool; Glenn, Raymond, fireman/trimmer, 25, Canton, Cardiff; Jones, John, fireman/trimmer, 51, Cardiff; McGee, Charles Edward, donkeyman, 35, North Shields; McReynolds, Thomas, fireman/trimmer, 53; Melvin, William Michael, steward, 40; Millard, Thomas, fireman/trimmer, 53; Mogenson, Jean Viggo Odward, cook, 54; O’Shea, Timothy, fireman/trimmer, 22, Cardiff; Petersen, Leslie, greaser, 25, Cleethorpes, Lancs.; Prince, Thomas, master, 38, Northallerton, Yorkshire (King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct); Ratter, John Christopher, 3^rd officer, 29, Brae, Zetland; Robb, Albert, 2^nd engineer, 44; Rudd, Alfred, sailor, 34; Sinclair, Alexander, able seaman, 49 (son of David & Jemima); Tickle, Arthur, 4^th engineer, 61, Grangetown, Cardiff; West, Thomas, chief engineer, 58, Stockton-on-Tees (husband to Lydia); Yearwood, Lewis, boy, 19.

Otterpool Yardbook pages

Founded in 1874 by Robert Ropner, the company owned, managed & built ships.