Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Southern Empress

British whale factory ship




This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British whale factory ship Southern Empress.

Aboard Southern Empress when hit on 14 Oct 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAadahl, Richard William Gibson, Merchant Navy27Chief StewardSouthern Empress +
BritishAdams, Francis, Merchant Navy19FiremanSouthern Empress +
AustralianAllison, Robert, Merchant Navy29Third Engineer OfficerSouthern Empress +
BritishAspinall, Thomas Henry, RN33Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Southern Empress +
BritishAyre, E., Merchant Navy27Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishBarks, Reginald, RN25Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Southern Empress +
BritishBoots, Ernest, Merchant Navy15Mess Room BoySouthern Empress +
BritishButler, David, Merchant Navy54Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
IrishConolly, Bartholomew, Merchant Navy60FiremanSouthern Empress +
BritishDunn, P.W., Merchant Navy57Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishEyre, John, Merchant Navy23Passenger (DBS)Robert E. Lee, Southern Empress +
BritishFroggatt, George Charles, Merchant NavyChief OfficerSouthern Empress
BritishGale, Arthur Francis Toms, RM34Sergeant (DEMS gunner)Southern Empress +
BritishGibson, Daniel, Merchant Navy20Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishHall, Thomas, Merchant Navy18Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
NorwegianHansen, Olaf Kr., Merchant Navy42MasterSouthern Empress +
BritishHargreaves, Edward, RN28Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Southern Empress +
BritishHarris, John Stephen, Merchant Navy39Boatswain (Bosun)Southern Empress +
BritishHibberd, John, Merchant Navy18Ordinary SeamanSouthern Empress +
BritishHill, James, Merchant Navy30Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishHolgate, Frederick Charles, Merchant Navy23SailorSouthern Empress +
IrishHorrigan, Patrick, Merchant Navy23Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishHutchison, Jeremiah, Merchant Navy21SailorSouthern Empress +
BritishJohnson, William George, Merchant Navy32Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishKelly, John, Merchant Navy44Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishKnighton, John, Merchant Navy38GreaserSouthern Empress +
BritishMackintosh, John, Merchant Navy27CarpenterSouthern Empress +
BritishMacNeil, Donald, Merchant Navy28Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishMahy, Charles Francis, Merchant Navy43Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishMain, William Alexander Campbell, Merchant Navy19Assistant StewardSouthern Empress +
BritishMassey, Edward Arthur Leonard, Merchant Navy26Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
AustralianMathie, George Macadam, Merchant Navy39Second Engineer OfficerSouthern Empress +
BritishMcGuigan, John, Merchant Navy19Assistant StewardSouthern Empress +
BritishMcKinnon, Andrew McCaig, Merchant Navy19Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishMcLaughlin, Reginald, Merchant Navy19Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishMcNally, John, Merchant Navy15Mess Room BoySouthern Empress +
BritishRimmer, Richard, Merchant Navy33Sixth Engineer OfficerSouthern Empress +
BritishRobinson, George Edward, Merchant Navy20SailorSouthern Empress +
BritishRumsey, Edwin Ernest, Merchant Navy27Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishRyrie, Donald Bremner, Merchant Navy41First Radio OfficerSouthern Empress +
BritishSisoff, Leonard, Merchant Navy18Mess Room BoySouthern Empress +
BritishSkinner, William, Merchant Navy42Chief Engineer OfficerNew Sevilla, Southern Empress +
BritishSmith, John George, Merchant Navy26SailorSouthern Empress +
BritishStanford, George Albert, Merchant Navy34Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishStratford, D., Merchant Navy16Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +
BritishWilliams, William, Merchant Navy25Able SeamanSouthern Empress +
BritishWorsley, Harold, Merchant Navy21Third Radio OfficerSouthern Empress +
BritishWylie, John Barbour, Merchant Navy21Third OfficerSouthern Empress +
BritishYearwood, Burnley Gisbourne, Merchant Navy65Passenger (DBS)Southern Empress +

49 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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