Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Biela

British steam merchant



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 steam merchant Biela.

Aboard Biela when hit on 15 Feb 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAinsworth, James, Merchant Navy18Ordinary SeamanBiela +
BritishAllen, Charles, Merchant Navy65CookBiela +
BritishAnderson, David, Merchant Navy53MasterBiela +
AustralianAudsley, Peter, Merchant Navy17Ordinary SeamanBiela +
BritishAustin, Arthur Morgan, Merchant Navy39GreaserBiela +
BritishBarber, John, Merchant Navy19Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishBeattie, David, British Army22Lance Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Biela +
BritishBello, Gerald William Anthony, Merchant Navy20Assistant StewardBiela +
BritishBisset, Anthony Mearns, British Army24Gunner (DEMS gunner)Biela +
BritishBrown, Leslie, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Biela +
BritishBullows, Thomas, RN31Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Biela +
BritishBurns, John Joseph, Merchant Navy26Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishDenham, Anthony Benjamin, Merchant Navy16Deck BoyBiela +
BritishDermott, John, Merchant Navy22Fourth Engineer OfficerBiela +
BritishDewar, William, Merchant Navy32Second Engineer OfficerBiela +
BritishDopson, William Norman, Merchant Navy26First Radio OfficerBiela +
BritishDowns, Fred, Merchant Navy16Deck BoyBiela +
IrishDoyle, Frank, Merchant Navy20Able SeamanBiela +
BritishElgin, Kenneth, Merchant Navy17CadetBiela +
BritishFletcher, Robert, Merchant Navy18Third Radio OfficerBiela +
BritishGardiner, Alan, Merchant Navy17Cabin BoyBiela +
BritishGoldring, Anthony Horace John, Merchant Navy21SailorBiela +
BritishGriffiths, Henry, Merchant Navy51CarpenterBiela +
BritishHartley, William Joseph, Merchant Navy21SailorBiela +
BritishHogan, Thomas, Merchant Navy18Ordinary SeamanBiela +
BritishIrvine, William, Merchant Navy54Chief StewardBiela +
DanishJensen, Bendt Herman, Merchant Navy45Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishJoost, Adolf Adrijaan, Merchant Navy24Able SeamanBiela +
BritishLewis, Thomas Frederick, Merchant Navy21Ordinary SeamanBiela +
BritishLumb, Eric, Merchant Navy26Chief OfficerBiela +
BritishMallett, Robert, Merchant Navy28Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishMiller, Thomas Wallace, Merchant Navy24Second StewardBiela +
BritishNeal, Frederick, Merchant Navy41Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishO'Brien, George, Merchant Navy58GreaserBiela +
BritishOliver, Harold Ernest, Merchant Navy23Second OfficerBiela +
New ZealandPatton, William, Merchant Navy22SailorBiela +
BritishPhillips, Michael, Merchant Navy46Able SeamanBiela +
BritishPostlethwaite, Miles Collister, Merchant Navy35Second Cook and BakerBiela +
BritishPrice, James Bernard George, Merchant Navy27Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishRitchie, John George, Merchant Navy26Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishScott, Jack, Merchant Navy35Boatswain (Bosun)Biela +
BritishSmeed, Colin Rhys Peter Marcus, Merchant Navy20Second Radio OfficerBiela +
BritishSullivan, John, Merchant Navy21Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishTaylor, Roy, Merchant Navy21Fireman and TrimmerBiela +
BritishTaylor, William, Merchant Navy62Chief Engineer OfficerBiela +
BritishThomas, Lewis Robson, Merchant Navy48Third Engineer OfficerBiela +
BritishTurnbull, Richard Wilkinson, RN32Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Biela +
BritishWhearty, Thomas Andrew, Merchant Navy30GreaserBiela +
BritishWilde, Philip Charles, Merchant Navy21Third OfficerBiela +
CanadianWilson, Jack, Merchant Navy34DonkeymanBiela +

50 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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