1876 Jun 20/22 Born Belfast
1899 Jan 18 Enlisted in RN
1913 Nov 8 married Aberdeen
1921 Feb 24 Pensioned from Navy as a Chief Stoker
1921 Jul 6 enlisted with RIC no 82368 Labourer & ex-Sailor
1921 Aug 19 Resigned
1944 Feb 14 died at sea. The RFA Salviking was SW of Ceylon when torpoeded by U-168
RFA Salviking was a Salvage vessel (King Salvor) Tonnage 1,440 tons Completed 1943 - William Simons & Co Ltd, Renfrew. Owner The Admiralty. Sunk by U-168 (Helmuth Pich) Position 3° 30'N, 76° 30'E - Grid LC 9519 Complement 55 (27 dead and 28 survivors). Convoy Route Colombo - Addu Atoll Cargo History Notes on event On 14 Feb 1944 the HMS Salviking was hit by three torpedoes from U-168 of which one was a dud and sank southwest of Ceylon.
There were 28 survivors who were rescued by a converted Indian trawler together with a dog and a monkey. While most records indicate this vessel was an RN ship. In addition to the DEMS gunners the ship also had six Royal Naval Divers under an RN Warrant Officer who had joined just prior to sailing from Colombo but the rest of the crew were merchant seamen, who had signed articles.
These are the Merchant Navy dead, there being a separate one for RN
