John served as a Fireman in the Mercantile Marine. He was on board the S.S. "Dwinsk" (London) formerly a passenger ship of the Russian East Asiatic Steamship Co, that was torpedoed and sunk by U-151, 400 miles NE of Bermuda.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132170∼SS "Dwinsk" (Dvinsk) - oceanliner
(Served as STAFFORD).
Son of Margaret Stafford (formerly Ackers, nee Scott), of, Liverpool
& the late Jonathan Ackers.
Born at Liverpool, 18 Jahre
Jan Lettens 24/08/2010:
" SS Dwinsk, built by ,...... was a British passenger steamer of 8173 tons.
On June 18th, 1918, Dwinsk, on a voyage from Brest to New York, was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by the German submarine U-151 (Heinrich von Nostitz und Jänckendorff), 400 miles NExN3/4N Bermuda. 23 persons were lost."
John served as a Fireman in the Mercantile Marine. He was on board the S.S. "Dwinsk" (London) formerly a passenger ship of the Russian East Asiatic Steamship Co, that was torpedoed and sunk by U-151, 400 miles NE of Bermuda.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132170∼SS "Dwinsk" (Dvinsk) - oceanliner
(Served as STAFFORD).
Son of Margaret Stafford (formerly Ackers, nee Scott), of, Liverpool
& the late Jonathan Ackers.
Born at Liverpool, 18 Jahre
Jan Lettens 24/08/2010:
" SS Dwinsk, built by ,...... was a British passenger steamer of 8173 tons.
On June 18th, 1918, Dwinsk, on a voyage from Brest to New York, was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by the German submarine U-151 (Heinrich von Nostitz und Jänckendorff), 400 miles NExN3/4N Bermuda. 23 persons were lost."
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Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132170
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