Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Adellen

British motor tanker



Photo courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British motor tanker Adellen.

Aboard Adellen when hit on 22 Feb 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAppleby, Edward, British Army32Gunner (DEMS gunner)Adellen +
BritishBarnes, Reginald Douglas, Merchant Navy23Third OfficerAdellen +
BritishBaulch, Robert George, Merchant Navy42GreaserAdellen +
BritishBrown, John, Merchant NavyMasterAdellen
BelgianClaessens, Louis, Merchant Navy42Chief StewardAdellen +
BritishCrossey, Patrick, British Army37Gunner (DEMS gunner)Adellen +
BritishCroucher, Albert William, Merchant Navy20Ordinary SeamanAdellen +
BritishDavies, Trevor, Merchant Navy30GreaserAdellen +
BritishDavies, William Frederick, Merchant Navy30SailorAdellen +
BritishDunleavie, John, Merchant Navy19SailorAdellen +
BritishEdwards, Glanffrwd, RN20Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Adellen +
BritishErskine, James Alexander Burrows, Merchant Navy27Second Engineer OfficerAdellen +
BritishFitzgerald, Edward, Merchant Navy52GreaserAdellen +
BritishFoster, Kenneth, Merchant Navy18Third Radio OfficerAdellen +
BritishGriffiths, Bert, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Adellen +
BritishHead, Reginald Alfred, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Adellen +
BritishKnox, Hylton, Merchant Navy29Fourth Engineer OfficerAdellen +
BritishLaing, Robert Japp, Merchant Navy48Chief Engineer OfficerAdellen +
BritishLawlor, Arthur David, Merchant Navy36Able SeamanAdellen +
BritishLewis, Hyman, Merchant Navy40CookAdellen +
BritishMcDonough, Albert, Merchant Navy31Third Engineer OfficerAdellen +
BritishMcGillivray, Alexander, Merchant Navy21Assistant EngineerAdellen +
BritishMiles, Frederick Sidney, RN24Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Adellen +
BritishNicholls, Charles Stanley, Merchant Navy37Mess Room StewardAdellen +
BritishOldfield, Thomas, Merchant Navy41GreaserAdellen +
LatvianOsmanis, Pereris Augustus, Merchant Navy52Boatswain (Bosun)Adellen +
BritishRogers, Harry, Merchant Navy18Mess Room BoyAdellen +
RussianSchuffner, Constantin, Merchant Navy50CarpenterAdellen +
BritishSharp, Alexander Campbell, Merchant Navy24SailorAdellen +
BritishShipley, John, Merchant Navy25Assistant EngineerAdellen +
BritishShortland, Albert Edward, Merchant Navy38Ordinary SeamanAdellen +
BritishSkinner, John Thomas, Merchant Navy21Ordinary SeamanAdellen +
BritishSmillie, James, Merchant Navy19Assistant EngineerAdellen +
BritishStanley, Walter, British Army30Gunner (DEMS gunner)Adellen +
BritishStringer, David, Merchant Navy39Second OfficerAdellen +
BritishWatson, Alexander Macdonald, Merchant Navy51Chief OfficerAdellen +
BritishWilliams, Harold Hughes, Merchant Navy23Second Radio OfficerAdellen +

37 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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