Gulf of Venice Technical Specification

Masters: 1883-88 David Swan: 1890-91 Ligertwood: 1893-94 T Linklater; 1895-96 F Parslow: 1899-1900 T Linklater: 1902-05 TH Cook: 1906-09 RJ Orkney: 1911 E Evans: 1913 S Sydenham.

Crew November 1883: Swan, David, master; Black, Thomas, fireman, b.1850, Belfast; Brown, Peter, able seaman, 32, London; Campbell, Charles, able seaman, b.1857, Pennsylvania; Campbell, William, able seaman, 30, Liverpool; Clancey, Thomas, Fireman, b.1853, Glasgow; Davis, A, ordinary seaman, b.1865, Tottenham; Deleney, Joseph, fireman, b.1860, Glasgow; Dent, William John, donkeyman, b.1858, Sheldon; Driscoll, Cornelius, ordinary seaman, b.1864, London; Eades, Archibald, able seaman, b.1854, London; Edwards, John, fireman, 34, Stoke; Flint, Edward, fireman, b.1856, Welshpool; Garman, F, able seaman, 22, London; Harrison, Miles, able seaman, b.1862, Cromer; Hicky/ Sticky, John, 3^rd mate, b.1855, West Hartlepool; Johnson, able seaman, b.1854, Sweden; Jordan, Martin, fireman, 36, Ireland; Keeffe, John, fireman, b.1857, Cork; Lawrie, Thomas, able seaman, b.1865, Newfoundland; Masbey, William F, 2^nd engineer, b.1856, Mill Pit; McKeller, John, able seaman, b.1857, Dunbarton; McKillop, George, carpenter, b.1854, Greenock; McPherson, James, 1^st engineer, b.1850, Dundee; Mintor, James, able seaman/lamp trimmer, b.1845, Liverpool; Moody, able seaman, b.1848, Soton; Muir, James, fireman, b.1850, Belfast; O’Donall, John, fireman, 33, Cork; Pearson, Thomas, fireman, b.1857, Welshpool; Pollack, William, able seaman, 32, Glasgow; Saunders, Ezekiel, fireman, b.1863, London; Scott, Irie, assistant steward, b.1864, Greenock; Shaw, William, steward, b.1852, Port Glasgow; Taylor, Alex, 1^st mate, b.1823, Dundee; Thyne, William, 4^th mate, b.1860, Arbroath; Ward, Tom, ordinary seaman, b.1865, London; Warden, Allan, 2^nd mate, b.1859, Greenock; Wearn, Charles, engineer’s steward, b.1862, Newport; Wild, Ronald William, fireman, b.1855, York; Williamson, N, 4^th engineer, b.1861, Gainsborough; Wills, Mark, cook, b.1843, Sussex; Wilson, John, 3^rd engineer, b.1842, Kendel.

Passengers November 1883: Gale, Mr HR; Keeson, Mr HV; McPherson, Mr & Mrs; Tough, Mr; Ryan, James, stowaway.

Crew October 1886: Anderson, Charles, able seaman, Sweden, b.1863; Anderson, John, able seaman, b.1859, Gothenburg; Brown, John, able seaman, b.1864, USA; Brown, L, able seaman, Stockholm, b.1856; Buchanan, John, able seaman, Glasgow, b.1863; Campbell, RW, 1^st mate, b.1848, Roseneath; Censen, P, fireman/greaser/ trimmer, Denmark, b.1858; Chamberlain, G, ship’s cook’s mate, Sydenham, b.1866; Chapman, J, fireman/greaser/ trimmer, b.1861, Nants; Copenash, F, able seaman, b.1858, Austria; Crinden, Alex, steward, b.1865, Greenock; Cuningham, J, purser, Greenock, b.1856; Duck, AJ, 3^rd mate, b.1854, London; Eilstrum, T, carpenter, b.1860, Tromsalll, Norway

Erickson, Emmanuel, able seaman, Finland, b.1854; Erikson, J, fireman/greaser/trimmer, Stockton-on-Tees, b.1865

Fletcher, AA, surgeon, Melbourne, b.1862; Gilchrist, JW, fireman/greaser/ trimmer, Durham, b.1858; Gray, John, 2^nd engineer, Greenock, b.1858; Gray, JS, 4^th mate, Glasgow, b.1862; Harris, Roger, passenger’s cook, West Indies, b.1822; Hede, CH, fireman/greaser/trimmer, Germany, b.1841; Hespen, K, able seaman, Norway, b.1864; Janson, C, fireman/greaser/trimmer, Stockholm, b.1864; Kanswin, Z, able seaman, Dantzig, b.1854; Kelson, A, able seaman, Iceland, b.1859; Kippin, C, engineer’s steward, London, b.1867; Knowles, Anthony, cook, Kent, b.1846; Knox, KJ, 4^th engineer, b.1860, Yarmouth; Hannaford, W, able seaman, b.1862, London; Jansen, Nils, donkeyman, b.1857; Lawrence, Robert, able seaman, Stockholm, b.1856; Lee, John, able seaman, b.1854, London; Lind, John, boatswain, b.1849, Gefle; Lindstrom, MG, fireman/greaser/ trimmer, b.1856, Sweden; Lund, Peter, able seaman, Denmark, b.1854; Mainilson, W, 3^rd engineer, b.1862, Liverpool; Major, Edward J, emigrant’s steward, London, b.1862; Mathinson, HE, fireman/greaser/trimmer, Denmark, b.1845; Matto, Charles, able seaman, b.1859, Sletton; McGuiness, S, assistant steward, 30, New York; Mills, E, emigrants’s steward, Birmingham, b.1859; Mills, Mark, baker, Sussex, b.1840; Morrison, R, ordinary seaman/painter, 18, Scotland; Neilson, ET, fireman/greaser/ trimmer, Denmark, b.1859; Paris, J. emigrant’s steward, London, b.1865; Shepherd, Alex, cook’s mate, Barbados, b.1858; Svenson, F, fireman/greaser/trimmer, b.1863, Stockton-on-Tees; Swan, David, master; Thomson, A, able seaman, Dumfries, b.1861; Trix, William, able seaman, b.1858, London; Turner, JN, 1^st engineer, b.1843, Edinburgh; Varpany, Josiah, baker’s mate, Devon, b.1864; Wahlberg, G, fireman/greaser/trimmer, b.1855, Gothenburg; Wahlburg, W, fireman/greaser/trimmer, b.1854, Gothenburg; Walker, James, emigrant’s steward, Greenock, b.1868; Wright, Alfred, able seaman, b.1864, Plymouth; Zakrisson, A, fireman/greaser/trimmer, b.1865, Stockton-on-Tees.

Passengers October 1886: Allan, Mrs Barbara, 36; Allan, J, 40; Allan, James, 40; Allan, John, 30; Allen, Emily, 30; Allen, Henry, 37; (Allen children Ellen aged 6 & Janet, 7); Bayne, William, 27; Bellanby, Mrs Eliza, 50; Boyce, James, 25; Branly (private saloon passenger); Breslin, Joseph, 26; Breslin, Mrs Rosanna, 20; Burcell, Pat, 23; Burgess, Edmund, 21; Carpenter, John, 40; Carr, Annie; Carroll, David, 40; Clarkson, Alf, 40; Coates, Jno, 23; Coogan, Pat, 21; Cross, Bridget, 25; Dalgleish, Robert, 25; Danks, Joshua, 58; Dawson, Charles, 23; Dearlove, Fred, 22; Demcalf, Jno

Dick; Dickensen, Moses, 21; Dobby, Harry, 30; Doyle, Margaret, 48; Dunn, Honora, 25; Dunsdale, George, 22; Dyet, Thomas, 19; Elliott, George, 30; Erskine, George, 25; Flemming, John, 40; Forbes, Janet, 29; Forman, Henry, 26; Formelly, Patrick, 17; Fowler, Mary Ann, aged 21; Foy, Pat, 28; Fryer, Robert, 25; Gallacher, Michael, 26; Glacken, James, 33; Green, Edith E, 20; Green, William, 18; Gow, William, 18; Henderson, Robert; Hewitt, J; Hislop, John, 21; Holmes, Chas, 23; Hunter, Alec, 59; Hunter, Anne, 15; Hunter, Mrs Eliza, 58; Hunter, Peter, 19; Hurley, John, 23; Hynd, William, 30; Isaacs, Samuel, 30; Jack, J, 30; James, Jno, 23; Johns, Thomas, 23; Johnson, Davis, 32; Johnson, John, 30; Kellerly, JW, 14; Kitchener, Thomas, 24; Lalor, John, 19; Lalor, Maria, 22; Lalor, Sarah A, 21; Maher, Alice, 20; McClane, R, 25; McGalbon, Frank, 26; Miller, John, 33; Morton, Richard, 24; Mullivert, William, 20; Mulloch, Sydney, 28; Myers, Jacob, 28; Myers, Mrs Mary A, 35; Nevell, George, 37; Nunn, Mrs Betsy, 31; Owen, GW, 22; Owens, John, 50; Parker, John Thomas, 20; Pemberton, James, 30; Pickerill, J, 37; Plant, Rachel, 27; Pordage, Frederick, 21; Pratt, Thomas, 23; Pratt, William, 30; Purcell, Alice, 25; Rancier, Robert, 20; Ray, Arthur C, 24; Raynor, Jos W, 26; Raynor, Mrs Isabella, 26; (Raynor children Emma, 3 & Tom, infant); Richards, G, 27; Russell, Robert, 22; Scabbaon, Frank, 30; Schlicken, Ernest, 22; Sheahan, Pat, 20; Singleton, Mick, 18; Skinner, Benjamin, 60; Smith, Benjamin, 34; Smith, George, 52; Sowes, G, 27; Spowatt, John, 30; Stacey, William, 22; Stenson, B, 30; Stephens, Humphrey, 25; Stone, Thomas, 30; Swift, M, 21; Terry, Catherine; Terry, Maurice J, 19; Thomas, Nick, 23; Tierney, Andrew, 21; Turner, H, 22; Welch, S, 26; Williams, Eliza, 19; Williams, Peter, 60; Whalehan, Mrs Dora, 20; Whalehan, Patrick, 21; Whittaker, Samuel, 33; Williams, Mrs Annie, 20; Williams, Frances A, 15; Williams, Kathleen, 13; Williams, Margaret, 25; Williams, Mrs Minnie, 46; Williams, P, 22; Williams, RR, 22; Williams, Mrs E Sampson, 37; Williams, Sampson, 37; (Sampson children Beatrice, infant, Jemimah, 9, Lillie, 4 & Sampson, 11); Williams, Sampson, 11; Woolf, Matthew, 23

Crew July 1897: Ackerman, J, fireman/coal trimmer, 31, Handin; Adams, GJ, 1^st mate, 30, British; Alfonsos, A, able seaman, 23, Greece; Ames, Charles, 2^nd cook, 20, English; Britton, Herbert, able seaman/lamp trimmer, 40, British; Brown, Joseph, fireman, 27, German; Browning, G, 2^nd mate, 31, British; Cameron, N, capenter, 21, British; Cochrane, William, fireman, 28, British; Cotbury, JCW, steward, 17, New Zealand; Day, Michael, fireman, 37, Dublin; Doyle, Dennis, fireman, 38, English; Dunne, Christopher, fireman, 22, English; Dunner, James, donkeyman, 27, British; Elphie, EH, 4^th engineer, 24, British; Fox, John, painter, 38, Runcorn; Galbraith, John, able seaman, 48, British; Hewitt, T, general servant, 25, British; Hughes, P, fireman, British; Jeon, JC, able seaman, 32, Handin; Kiegan, Patrick, fireman, 39, British; Langmords, T, fireman/coal trimmer, 22, Handin; Lindin, YR, able seaman, 23, Greece; Lindsay, Joseh, G, 3^rd engineer, 27, British; Linklater, T, master, 45, British; McAllister, Donald, 3^rd cook, 24, English; McGill, Alex, fireman, 30, British; Moon, F, 2^nd steward, 21, Perth; Moore, John, fireman, 38, Belfast; Motherwell, W, chief steward, 27, Greenock; Neil, John, 2^nd engineer, 38, British; Nescon, Slev, able seaman, 31, Dresden; Olkel, W, fireman, 26, Amsterdam; Paul, Gavin, refrigerator engineer, 41, Coalbridge; Perry, James, fireman/coal trimmer, 31, British; Prescott, A, fireman, 26, British; R?, Curt, able seaman, 35, Sweden; Smith, J Craig, able seaman, 21, British; Steaney, Henry, chief cook, 43, London; Sterling, Richard, 3^rd mate, 28, British; Watt, John 1^st engineer, 20, British; Werhan, W, fireman, 34, German; Wilson, William, boatswain, 30, British; Jones, T, stowaway; Turner, stowaway; Winchlor, Max, fireman/coal trimmer, 24, British.

Passengers July 1897: Bickley, Asher; Bickley, Aster; Bickley, Arthur; Bickley, George; Bickley, Harriet; Bickley, Louisa; Bickley, Mary; Bickley, Walter; Hicks, George; Huranston, David; Whilford, W.

Voyages: Sailed from London arriving at Sydney on 28 November 1883; sailed from London arriving at Sydney on 5 October 1886; sailed from London arriving at Sydney on 27 July 1897.

This section will, in time, contain the stories of more than 450 merchant ships built or owned in the Hartlepools, and which were lost during the First World War. As an illustration of the truly global nature of shipbuilding, these ships were owned by companies from 22 different countries, including more than 30 sailing under the German flag at the outbreak of war.