Embassy Built 1928 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Letten Bros Grimsby
1932 Sold to E. C. Grant Grimsby
1935 Bought by the Clan Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Wigmore
18/11/1939 Torpedoed and sunk at 23.30 hours by U-18 with all 16 of her crew
The vessel was fishing out of Lowestoft at the time of her loss which was 25 miles north by west of Rattray Head
Surname | Forename | Age At Death | Date Of Death | Rank | Boat |
GOODWIN | WALTER | 41 | 19/11/1939 | Deck Hand | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
BORE | WALTER | 35 | 19/11/1939 | Skipper | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
JACKSON | ROBERT WILLIAM | 27 | 19/11/1939 | Wireless Operator | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
OTTLEY | JOSEPH | 35 | 19/11/1939 | Deck Hand | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
WINN | ERNEST DOMANAC | 49 | 19/11/1939 | Cook | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
FISHER | JESSE | 29 | 19/11/1939 | Deck Hand | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
LODGE | WILLIAM HENRY | 39 | 19/11/1939 | Mate | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
BROMFIELD | CLARENCE VINCENT HARWOOD | 43 | 19/11/1939 | Deck Hand | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
NEWSON | ERNEST HERBERT | 38 | 19/11/1939 | Trimmer | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
MOORE | FRANK | 54 | 19/11/1939 | Chief Engineer | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
SMYTHE-JERROLD | FREDERICK WILLIAM | 36 | 19/11/1939 | Deck Hand | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
CLAYTON | HAROLD | 35 | 19/11/1939 | Deck Hand | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
DUMBLETON | HENRY | 55 | 19/11/1939 | Deck Hand | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
GERMANEY | GEORGE | 25 | 19/11/1939 | Trimmer | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
HARWOOD | ALICK | 36 | 19/11/1939 | Second Engineer | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
FOLEY | JOSEPH | 56 | 19/11/1939 | Third Hand | Fishing Vessel Wigmore |
Her Details are
- Official Number 146910
- Yard Number 498
- GT 345 NT 159
- Dimensions 140.2 x 24.6 x 13.2
- Quarter deck 77 Foc’sle 21
- Engines Charles D. Holmes 96 NHP 11 knots
Torpedoed and sunk at 23.30 hours by U-18 on the 18/11/1939