I'm researching family history and would like to discover a little more about this ship. SS Stobart struck a mine off Aldeburgh Suffolk on 11th August 1916, resulting in the loss of the ship and four of the crew, one of whom was my wife's great grandfather. The ship was carrying coal on route from Goole to Jersey. It was crewed by 14. The mine it struck was placed there by UC, captained by Kurt Ramien. Thanks for looking at this thread.
BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS and FISHING VESSELS LOST, DAMAGED and ATTACKED by DATE, January 1916 to December 1916 Friday, 11 August 1916 North Sea F. STOBART, 801/1895, Sunderland-reg, Henry A Cochrane, 14 crew, Mr J Stuart, Goole for Jersey with coal. Mined, laid by UC.1 (Kurt Ramien), sank 1/2 m N of North Aldeburgh Napes Buoy, N of Orford Ness (wi - in 52.09.15N, 01.45.45E); 4crew lost (H/L/te/un/wi) Merchant men are easier to look up (especially on Ancestry) if you have some names https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70081 1. GREEN, GEORGE (62), Able Seaman, SS F. Stobart, Mercantile Marine, †11/08/1916, Son of the late George and Margaret Green; husband of the late Mary Jane Green (nee Myers). Born at Urquhart, Elgin, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. HILL (38), Steward, SS F. Stobart, Mercantile Marine, †11/08/1916, Husband of Ada Harriett Whitehead (formerly Hill), of 17, Mariner St., Goole. Born at Newhaven, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. MIDDLETON (26), Fireman, SS F. Stobart, Mercantile Marine, †11/08/1916, Husband of Mrs. Middleton, of 36, Third Avenue, Pasture Rd., Goole. Born at Goole, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. NEWMAN, EDWIN LOUIS (44), Able Seaman, SS F. Stobart, Mercantile Marine, †11/08/1916, Son of the late Mrs. Eleanor Maria Newman, of Woodbine Cottage, Bembridge. Born at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial TD
Having been beaten by TD the only thing I can offer: Tower Hill WW1 Memorial:|Lost on vessels Excellence Pleske to Farnham
