Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Rottingdean (St. Margaret) Churchyard | ||
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.134 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 2A GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: SS Tycho |
Mike: There's a TYCHO 16 miles south of Beachy Head, sank by torpedo from UB 40 on 20 May 1917. She was 3,216-tons and carrying a general cargo and was armed with a 3 pounder; 15 crew lost with the ship. The SS PORTHKERRY, carrying coal, went along side to rescue the crew and she was also sunk with 7 crew lost. Apparently the crew of the TYCHO abandoned ship, but the master and 14 others were killed in their own boats whilst still alongside the PORTHKERRY, so they didn?t die actually on the vessel. 18 survivors were rescued by the SS ESPERANTO and landed at Newhaven. |
| Action : Naval Campaign |
Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.
Detail :
2011 SS Tycho, built by Earle's Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Hull in 1904 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman's Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 3216 tons. On May 20th, 1917, Tycho, on a voyage from Bombay to Hull with general cargo, was sunk by the German submarine UB-40 (Hans Howaldt), 16 miles W1/2S of Beachy Head. 15 persons were lost. Jan Lettens 22/01/2011 When about 8 miles south of Beachy Head on the 20th May, the British steamer Tycho was torpedoed without warning and began to go down by the head. The order to abandon ship was given at 5.10 p.m., ten minutes after the ship had been struck, and was carried out without casualties. The vessel went down at 5.20. The crew then pulled towards the steamship Porthkerry, which had seen the explosion and was standing by about 200 yards away on the port beam. As the Tycho's boats came alongside her, another torpedo was discharged by the submarine. This blew up one of the boats, killing the master and 14 men, and capsized the other boat. The Porthkerry was abandoned, with eight casualties, the vessel going down in three minutes after being struck by the torpedo. The survivors from both ships were picked up at 7 o'clock that night by a small coasting steamer and landed at Newhaven at midnight on the 21st May. ref. used: [1] Ajax, The German Pirate: His Methods and Record [2] Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?79728
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Humber No. 57 E.C. | Yorkshire (North & East Ridings) |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
16th March 1905 | 10th October 1905 | 3rd May 1905 |
"Lost at Sea 20.5.17."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley