William Humphries

iBase ID

261086

Vessel name

William Humphries

Fishing number

LO533

Type of vessel

ST

Official number

144592

Year constructed

1918

Constructed at

Aberdeen

Gross tons

276

Length

125

Owner/Manager

Iago Steam Trawling Co

Date sunk

November 1939

Place sunk

Hebridies

Casualties

(11/1939) - H Bridge, L Nolan, J Kaye, T Wilson, G Spilling, A Hardingham, D Sturman, Millzyslav Kubiski, W Thatcher, E Lee, W Jewell, W Wright & J Gordon

General notes

Built as Admiralty 'castle' class trawler WILLIAM HUMPHRIES.
To Iago Steam Trawler Co Ltd (LO533).
All 13 crew members were lost when the William Humphries was sunk by submarine shelling in November 1939. It was thought that some trawlermen had been seen in lifeboats, but nothing else was heard from them.
Ernest Lee and William Jewell were washed up on the Isle of Skye. The skipper was washed up 15 miles from Skye on the Island of Canna. James Gorden and William Wright were recovered from the sea by the Fleetwood trawler 'Westlyn'.

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