The new convoy sloop HMS Rhododendron with a crew of 98 was torpedoed by German submarine (U-70 Otto Wunsche) & sank in the North Sea in 59.33N/02.50W on 5 May 1918. 15 lives lost
Lives lost May 1918: Banham, Henry George, telegraphist, 19, Harlow, Essex; Birchall, Charles John, able seaman, 24, Peckham, London; Bradley, Arthur, stoker 1st class, 24, Wednesbury, South Staffs.; Craddock, Arthur E, stoker; Cranfield, William, stoker 1st class, 39, Greenwich, London; ? Leonard, William, stoker 1st class, 22, Pitsea, Essex; Duncan, Joseph, engine room artificer 1st class, 37, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough; Hammond, Stanley John, lieutenant, 29, Pill, Bristol; Hughes, Albert Henry, petty officer stoker, 27, b. Ramsgate; Jackson, Joseph, leading stoker, 30, Camberwell, London; Marshall, Henry George Edward, leading stoker, 25, Market St. Dover; Partington, Reginald Charles, officer’s cook 2nd class, 20, Leyton, London; Topp, Thomas Edward, leading victualling assistant, 23, Swindon, Wilts.; White, Ambrose Willie, petty officer stoker, 44, Union St. Liverpool; Wilde, Frederick, sub, lieutenant, 32, Okehampton, Devon.
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HMS Rhododendron - lives lost 1918
