Myra Fell - a general history

Official No. 124325: Code Letters HKBJ.

Owners: 1907 Hessler Shipping Co (J Hessler & Co) Sydney,NSW: 1907 Hessler Shipping Co (J Hessler & Co) West Hartlepool: 1917 Globe Shipping Co (Humphries (Cardiff) Ltd ) Cardiff-renamed Glodale: Globe Shipping Co-Alexandrovsk, Russia.

Masters: 1907 RA Seabrook: 1909 Tom Darley: 1915 GT Tornquist: 1917 HA Sperring.

Voyages: sailed regularly from Port Pirie for Sydney in 1909.

Bound from Murmansk, Russia for Bergen with a cargo of munitions Glodale was wrecked off Point Pogan on 1 January 1918.

Crew June 1909:

Darley, Tom, master

Craig, John, fireman, 38, Leith

Craven, James, fireman, 40, Glasgow

Furlong, W, fireman, 30, Ireland

Gourlay, JB, boatswain, 35, Scotland

Farnell, William A, 3^rd mate, 35, England

Hind, JH, steward, 40, Sutton

Jacobs, AJ, 2^nd mate, 35, England

Johanson, C, able seaman, 29, Denmark

Jones, HM, able seaman, 46, New Zealand

Kirk, F, fireman, 35, Sydney

Lonie, H, able seaman, 23, Glasgow

MacAskill, K, able seaman, 19, Scotland

Mallon, T, trimmer, 26, Middlesbrough

Martin, H, cook, 26, Port Adelaide

Nossiter, TW, 1^st engineer, 42, West Hartlepool

O’Brien, J, able seaman, 40, Cleveland

Olsen, H, able seaman, 23, Sweden

Oughtred, A, trimmer, 20, West Hartlepool

Oughtred, T, donkeyman, 53, Stockholm

Raillei, W, able seaman, 45, London

Shore, F, fireman, 18, Sydney

Stenhouse, WJ, 1^st mate, 38, Rangoon

Stock, H, trimmer, 27, Gosford

Thompson, John, fireman, 34, Durham

Wrren, C, 2^nd engineer, 26, Turkey

Wild, TA, 3^rd engineer, 27, Melbourne

Williams, E, assistant steward, 21, Sydney

Crew October 1909:

Blackwell, V, fireman, 21, NSW 

Craven, James, fireman, 40, Glasgow 

Darley, Tom, master

Fitzgibbon, TS, 3rd engineer, 27, Cork 

Furlong, W, fireman, 30, Ireland 

Galleghan, W, ordinary seaman, 18, Newcastle 

Hawkins, WH, 1st mate, 50, Hull 

Hoyle, T, fireman, 38, Liverpool 

Jacob, AG, 2nd mate, 35, Yorkshire 

Johanson, C, able seaman, 29, Denmark 

Jones, HM, able seaman, 46, New Zealand 

Jones, William, fireman, 25, NSW 

Langford, JW, trimmer, 22, Port Augusta 

Lonie, H, able seaman, 23, Glasgow 

MacAskill, K, able seaman, 19, Sscotland 

Macleod, D, 3rd mate, 40, Isle of Skye 

Newman, B, cook, 39, London 

Nossiter, TW, 1st engineer, 42, West Hartlepool 

O'Brien, J, able seaman, 40, Cleveland

Oughtred, A, trimmer, 20, West Hartlepool

Oughtred, F, donkeyman, 53, Stockton-on-Tees

Sexton, J, able seaman, 35, Ireland

Sheriff, D, ordinary seaman, 20, Newcastle

Stock, H, fireman, 27, Gosford

Sturge, G, able seaman, 32, London

Thompson, John, fireman, 34, Durham

Welch, H, 4th engineer, 22, Sydney

Wild, TA, 2nd engineer, 27, Melbourne

Clark, A, passage worker

Crew November 1909:

Blackwell, V, trimmer, 21, NSW

Craven, James, fireman, 42, Glasgow

Cronin, J, able seaman, 38, Queenstown

Darley, Tom, master

Fitzgibbon, T, 3rd engineer, 22, Cork

Furlong, W, fireman, 30, Wexford

Galleghen, W, able seaman, 18, Newcastle

Hawkins, W, 1st mate, 50, Hull

Hoyle, T, fireman, 38, Liverpool

Jacob, A G, 2nd mate, 38, Yorkshire

Johanson, C, able seaman, 27, Denmark

Jones, HM, able seaman/lamp trimmer, 45, London

Jones, W, fireman, 26, NSW

Langford, J, trimmer, 21, South Australia

MacAskill, K, able seaman, 20, Shetland

McMillan, J, able seaman, 30, Glasgow

Oughtred, A, trimmer, 19, West Hartlepool

Oughtred, J, donkeyman, 54, Stockton-on-Tees

Sheriff, C, able seaman, 20, Newcastle

Sinclair, R, 3rd mate, 27, Shetland

Stock, H, fireman, 27, Gosford

Strader, Alfred, able seaman, 37, Rotterdam

Thompson, J, fireman, 35, Durham

Walsh, R, steward, 45, Hale

Warren, C, 1st engineer, 25, Turkey

Welch, H, 4th engineer, 22, Sydney

Wells, B, assistant steward, 19, Sydney

Wild, TA, 2nd engineer, 28, Melbourne

Witherwick, J, cook, 49, London

Crew January 1913:

Adams, C, 3^rd mate, 28, Sydney

Adams, G, greaser, 28, Brisbane

Anderson, T, assistant cook, 19, New Zealand

Beavers, A, 3^rd engineer, 29, Gilford

Brooks, J, chief steward, 23, London

Browning, G, boatswain, 33, Glasgow

Bruin, J, fireman, 25, Dublin

Bukeland, H, ableseaman, 24, Norway

Buxton, W, fireman, 24, London

Camels, R, 4^th engineer, 24, Glasgow

Cornber, W, fireman, 25, Waterford

Eorno, G, fireman, 18, Bootle

Forsyth, J, able seaman, 30, Glasgow

Hawkins, HW, master

Huooy, F, able seaman, 21, New Zealand

Lee, T, able seaman, 35, North Convent Gardens

Lewis, R, able seaman, 29, Dumfries

Lowton, MY, greaser, 26, England

Maclean, A, able seaman, 27, Scotland

Maclean, W, fireman, 20, Ayr

Malon, D, fireman, 34, Limbuck

Miller, A, mess room steward, 16, N.C.

Nolan, J, fireman, 36, North Shields

Parker, F, 1^st mate, 40, Grimsby

Pennell, E, assistant cook, 34, Cornwall

Riding, W, chief engineer, 42, Brisbane

Robertson, J, 2^nd mate, 30, Syke

Shiell, J, greaser, 55, Scotland

St Clair, J, able seaman, 42, Essex

Wild, TA, 2^nd engineer, 31, Victoria

Crew March 1913:

Church, Alfred Thomas, 1^st officer

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