Manchester Brigade Voyage History

The steamship Manchester Brigade.

Masters: 1920 JR Foale: 1940 Frederick L Clough.

In convoy OB-218 On a voyage from Manchester for Montreal with government & general cargo & a crew of 60 Manchester Brigade was torpedoed by German submarine (U-137 Herbert Wohlfarth) & sank west of Malin Head in 54.53N/10.22W on 26 September 1940. The master, commodore, 6 naval staff, 1 gunner & 47 of the crew lost.

Lives lost September 1940: Agarbi, J, Alfred, fireman/trimmer, 29; Anderson, John William Frederick, ordinary signalman, 20, Watford, Herts.; Aspin, Ernest, marine, 42; Brown, John Christopher, lamp trimmer, 45 (son of Samuel & Leonora); Butler, John Alban, apprentice, 18, Paticroft, Lancs.; Clarke, Gordon Alexander, ordinary signalman, 20, Fulham, London; Clough, Frederick L, master, 59, Rochdale, Lancs.; Coulthard, William Wauchope, 2^nd engineer, Preesall, Lancs.; Cowsill, James, steward, 25, Middleton, Manchester; Cozens, Frank Ernest, petty officer telegraphist; Cullen, James, galleyboy, 18, Salford, Lancs.; Cunliffe, John, able seaman, 23 (son of Frank Edward & Louisa); Daniels, William Joseph, yeoman of signals; Davies, John, fireman/trimmer, 51, Manchester; Dixon, T, fireman/trimmer, 57 (son of Tom & Christine); Edwards, John, fireman/trimmer, 56; Ellis, Joseph, fireman/trimmer, 47, Monrovia, Liberia; Foster, Ronald Edgar Francis, ordinary signalman, 50, Mortlake, Surrey; Grey, Alexander David, chief steward, 40 (son of John Henry & Emma Jane); Griggs, Stanley, able seaman, 34, Cheetham Hill, Manchester; Hutchings, Norman Redvers, 1^st radio officer, 38, Bebington, Cheshire; Ibram Mohamed Ben, able seaman, 46, Mersey Bank, Manchester; Isaacs, Edward Henry Owandley, fireman/trimmer, 38; Jones, Griffith Stanley, 2^nd officer, 43; Johnson, James, greaser, 52; Kauri Din, quartermaster, India; Lane, Norman Burgess, 3^rd officer, 24, Didsbury, Manchester; Locke, Charles Murray, seaman, 18, Manchester; Maclean, Angus, able seaman, 36; Margreave, Henry, cook, 21, Salford, Lancs.; McGee, Arthur, boatswain, 58; Morton, William Henry, cabin boy, 17, Bolton, Lancs.; Ntuk, Jack, fireman/trimmer, 41; O’Neil, Thomas, fireman/trimmer, 48, Moss Side, Manchester; Perry, Sydney Ernest, chief engineer, 53, Scarborough, Yorks.; Pratt, Joseph Roberts, Walter Lecky, sailor, 51, Quaker’s Hill, NSW, Australia; Ross, Frederick Malcolm, 3^rd engineer, 27; Royse, Samuel Walter Robert, able seaman, 30; Sappa Ali, able seaman, 52; Scott, James C, fireman/trimmer, 25; Sebuabey, GC, fireman/trimmer, 27; Smith, Humphrey Hugh, vice admiral commodore 2^nd class, (RNR) aged 64, Radnage, Bucks.; St. Romain, Joseph, able seaman, 46, Salford, Lancs.; Stackhouse, Elijah, carpenter, 56; Sunday, Sibol, fireman/trimmer, 52; Tanton, Harry, chief cook, 42; Taylor, Alpha Samuel, greaser, 36; Todd, William Ernest, 1^st officer, 41, Hull; Uyeda, Takeshi, storekeeper, 42, Salford, Lancs.; Walker, Davies, fireman/trimmer, 49; Walker, Stanley, deck boy, 16 (son of Charles & Caroline); Whittingham, Alfred, fireman/trimmer, 45; Wilders, Edward William, assistant steward, 20; Wilson, Ronald, steward, 19, Rotherham, Yorkshire; Yankey, Augustus Samuel, greaser, 34, Whalley Range, Manchester.