Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Empire Drum

British motor merchant




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

Aboard Empire Drum when hit on 24 Apr 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAlmond, George, Merchant NavyFifth Engineer OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishAngus, Joseph, 24DEMS gunnerEmpire Drum
BritishBanks, Joseph Robert, Merchant Navy29SailorEmpire Drum
BritishBlack, John, Merchant Navy20Third OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishBlake, William, Merchant NavyOilerEmpire Drum
BritishBlakelock, Norman, Merchant NavyChief Engineer OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishBurns, Ronald, RNDEMS gunnerEmpire Drum
BritishBuxton, Paul Owen, Merchant Navy20Second Radio OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishDunn, Norman, Merchant NavyOrdinary SeamanEmpire Drum
BritishForster, George, Merchant NavySecond Engineer OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishFox, Robert, Merchant NavyCarpenterEmpire Drum
BritishGay, Orlando William, Merchant NavyOilerEmpire Drum
BritishGraham, James, Merchant Navy34SailorEmpire Drum
BritishGreenless, Howard, Merchant NavySecond OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishHockey, Sam, Merchant NavyApprenticeEmpire Drum
BritishHull, William, Merchant NavyAble SeamanEmpire Drum
BritishHunter, Thomas, RNDEMS gunnerEmpire Drum
BritishHutchinson, Robert, Merchant Navy18Cabin BoyEmpire Drum
BritishKnowles, Frank, Merchant NavyCabin BoyEmpire Drum
BritishLee, John Arthur, Merchant NavyChief OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishLucas, Reginald, RNDEMS gunlayerEmpire Drum
BritishMcGowan, Manus Edward, Merchant NavyThird Engineer OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishMilburn, George Allan, Merchant Navy18Assistant StewardEmpire Drum
BritishMiles, John Robert , Merchant Navy48MasterEmpire Drum
BritishNewton, James Skipsy, Merchant Navy27Fourth Engineer OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishNewton, John, Merchant NavyChief CookEmpire Drum
BritishO'Neil, John, Merchant NavyFifth Engineer OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishO'Reilly, Charles Francis, Merchant NavyFirst Radio OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishPatterson, Walter Essington, Merchant Navy38Third Radio OfficerEmpire Drum
BritishPiesse, Joe, Merchant NavyChief StewardEmpire Drum
BritishPollack, Frank, Merchant NavyAssistant CookEmpire Drum
BritishPratt, John, Merchant NavyAble SeamanEmpire Drum
BritishReynolds, Stephen, Merchant Navy54Boatswain (Bosun)Empire Drum
BritishScott, Douglas, Merchant NavyAble SeamanEmpire Drum
BritishSmith, Albert, 28DEMS gunnerEmpire Drum
BritishSmith, John Aherne, Merchant Navy16SailorEmpire Drum
BritishTowns, Robert, Merchant NavyAble SeamanEmpire Drum
BritishTrett, Robert, Merchant NavyAble SeamanEmpire Drum
BritishWaller, James, Merchant NavyApprenticeEmpire Drum
BritishWaters, George, Merchant NavyOilerEmpire Drum
BritishWhitaker, Wilfrid, 24DEMS gunnerEmpire Drum

41 persons found.

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

People missing from this listing? Or perhaps additional information?
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