Eloby

The steamship Eloby.

Master: 1913-17 William Wright.

Eloby was torpedoed without warning by German submarine (U-28 Max Valentiner) & sank 75 miles SE by E of Malta on 19 July 1917. 56 of the crew lost plus approximately 100 French troops from the Mountain Artillery.

Lives lost July 1917: Alfred, William, trimmer; Andersen, G, boatswain; Anderson, Toby, trimmer, 15, b. Sierra Leone; Barbos, Joseph, trimmer; Barlow, Richard Handel, 4^th engineer, 27, b. Bolton; Bestman, Tom, fireman; Bezzina, Guiseppe, seaman; Birch, Moses, fireman, 26, b. Sierra Leone; Bonbon, Sam, trimmer; Brown, Peter, fireman, 25, b. Sierra Leone; Burke, E, fireman; Cain, John, cook, 24, Walton, Liverpool; Contantino, Farrugia, scullion; Cooper, Sidney Phillip, steward, 23, Jersey; Crone, J, steward, 17, Lark Lane, Liverpool; Cruikshank, Ernest, 2^nd steward/storekeeper, 28, Liverpool; Cunningham, William, carpenter, 61, b. Sunderland, resided Birkenhead; Davies, Tom, fireman/greaser, 19, b. Sierra Leone; Davies, Tom, trimmer, 25, b. Sierra Leone; Dean, Thomas, steward, 23, Yates St. Liverpool; Dixon, Sam, fireman, 22, b. Sierra Leone; Dokul, T, fireman/greaser, 30, b. Sierra Leone; Ferries, George, able seaman, 28, Glasgow; George, Harry, 5^th engineer, 21, b. Birkenhead; Green, Alex, winchman; Harrop, Phillip, troop baker, 34, b. Liverpool; Hayter, William Hubert, chief steward, 52, b. London; Hill, George Fletcher, chief engineer, 41, b. Carlisle, resided Ullet Rd. Liverpool; Hughes, Llewelyn, wireless operator, Aberystwith; Humble, Alfred William, chief mate, 42, b. Whitby, resided Liverpool; Lawrence, J, ordinary seaman; Magee, John Edward, boy cook, 16, Gildart St. Liverpool; Mattson, J, able seaman; Micallef, Guiliano, seaman, 29, b. Malta; Mould, George Austin, able seaman, Mersey; Murray, H, assistant cook; Newcombe, Robert Irwin Pile, 3^rd mate, 25, b. Oakhampton; Paterson, John, 3^rd engineer, 25, b. Banff, resided Carny St. Macduff; Peck, Albert Reginald, purser, 26, Powis St. Liverpool; Peter, Tom, fireman, 25, b. Sierra Leone; Peters, Frank, engineer’s steward, 21, b. Capetown; Quiye, Libani, trimmer; Sariba, Alfonso, fireman; Skelly, John James, troop cook, 32, Liverpool; Smart, Jack, trimmer, 28, b. Sierra Leone; Sorr, Mabique, fireman; Sweetnam, James Francis, wireless operator, 18, Ballydehob, Co. Cork; Toner, Thomas Alfred, steward, 24, Liverpool; Walmsley, Joseph, steward, 23 b. Adlington; Ware, William, lance corporal, 41, Havent; Warren, Joseph, fireman/greaser, 31, b. Freetown, Sierra Leone; Wild, Eric T, cadet, 15, Chester; Williams, Albert Wynn, 2^nd engineer, 47, b. Bangor, resided Seacombe, Cheshire; Williams, John, fireman, 23, b. Sierra Leone; Wilson, Frederick, sailor; Wright, William, master.