Ships hit by U-boats

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Fort Bellingham

British steam merchant




This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British steam merchant Fort Bellingham.

Aboard Fort Bellingham when hit on 26 Jan 1944

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAdderson, W., Merchant NavyWater TenderFort Bellingham
BritishAitcheson, Derek, RN20Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishBluck, Thomas George, Merchant Navy29FiremanFort Bellingham +
BritishBrown, C., Merchant NavyWater TenderFort Bellingham
BritishBrown, William Arthur, Merchant Navy22Fifth Engineer OfficerFort Bellingham +
BritishBrowning, David, Merchant Navy32Second Engineer OfficerFort Bellingham +
BritishBrowning, Robert, RN36Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishBurnham, William George, Merchant Navy17Assistant StewardFort Bellingham +
BritishChard, Kenneth James, RN21Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishCoats, A.C., Merchant NavyChief StewardFort Bellingham
BritishCook, Walter James, Merchant Navy47Able SeamanFort Bellingham +
BritishCree, P.C., Merchant NavyDonkeyman and GreaserFort Bellingham
BritishCrook, Cyril William, RN20Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishDay, Harry, RN20Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishDeamer, Eric, Merchant Navy19SailorFort Bellingham +
BritishDenniss, John Frederick Stanley, RNConvoy SignalmanFort Bellingham +
BritishDowsett, John Edward, Merchant Navy50FiremanFort Bellingham +
BritishDrury, R., DEMS gunnerFort Bellingham
BritishDuckman, Thomas Alfred, Merchant Navy22Senior Ordinary SeamanFort Bellingham +
BritishDumigan, John Beattie, RN21Convoy SignalmanFort Bellingham +
BritishDunn, William Robert, Merchant Navy24CarpenterFort Bellingham +
BritishEllard, Joseph, Merchant Navy39Boatswain (Bosun)Fort Bellingham +
BritishEverett, John L., Merchant NavyFirst OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishFantham, M., Merchant NavyDonkeymanFort Bellingham
BritishFarrar, A.D., RNYeoman of SignalsFort Bellingham
BritishFew, William Wilfred, Merchant Navy18Junior Ordinary SeamanFort Bellingham +
BritishGatehouse, A.J., DEMS gunnerFort Bellingham
BritishGough, W.P., Merchant NavySecond Radio OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishGourlay, G.E., Merchant NavyChief OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishGreen, D., Merchant NavyGalley BoyFort Bellingham
BritishGriffiths, N., British ArmyLeading Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham
BritishHalliday, Robert Leigh, British Army24Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishHart, E.J., Merchant NavyFourth Engineer OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishHaycock, Eric, RNDEMS gunnerFort Bellingham
BritishHector, H., Merchant NavyDonkeyman and GreaserFort Bellingham
BritishHook, P., Merchant NavySailorFort Bellingham
BritishIllot, E., DEMS gunnerFort Bellingham
BritishIsaacs, Sidney James, British Army31Gunner (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishJames, E.J., British ArmyGunner (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham
BritishJefford, W.G., Merchant NavyThird OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishKillinger, Eric Murray, Merchant Navy20FiremanFort Bellingham +
BritishKirby, Kenneth, British Army22Gunner (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishLarge, Charles Ronald, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
CanadianLowe, Roy Gordon, Merchant Navy25Able SeamanFort Bellingham +
BritishMaley, James Ninian, Merchant NavyMasterFort Bellingham
BritishMatthews, Sidney Herbert, Merchant Navy40Able SeamanFort Bellingham +
BritishMay, P., Merchant NavySenior Ordinary SeamanFort Bellingham
BritishMcAllen, Robert, RNDEMS gunnerFort Bellingham
BritishMcKenzie, David, British Army20Gunner (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishMitchell, D.F., RNChief Petty Officer TelegraphistFort Bellingham
BritishMurrant, F., Merchant NavyThird Radio OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishMurray, Peter, RN20Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishNeal, S., Merchant NavyJunior Ordinary SeamanFort Bellingham
BritishNightingale, A.W., RNConvoy SignalmanFort Bellingham
BritishNorton, Patrick George, Merchant Navy20Mess Room StewardFort Bellingham +
BritishOverrett, P.W., Merchant NavyChief CookFort Bellingham
BritishPemberton, Douglas Sydney Wallace, British Army28Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
AustralianPollett, James Edward, Merchant Navy19Senior Ordinary SeamanFort Bellingham +
BritishQuinn, J., Merchant NavySecond CookFort Bellingham
BritishRoberts, I., Merchant NavyJunior Ordinary SeamanFort Bellingham
BritishScott, E., DEMS gunnerFort Bellingham
BritishShepherd, W.H.G., Merchant NavyCabin BoyFort Bellingham
BritishShoesmith, Walter Henry, RN31Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishSmith, L.R., Merchant NavyFirst Radio OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishSmith, T.J., Merchant NavySecond OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishSpierling, H., Merchant NavyThird Engineer OfficerFort Bellingham
BritishStephen, Benjamin Loose, Merchant Navy27Water TenderFort Bellingham +
BritishStevenson, William Brown, Merchant Navy51Chief Engineer OfficerFort Bellingham +
BritishStokes, Benjamin, Merchant Navy28GreaserFort Bellingham +
BritishTrower, Charles Edward Frank, Merchant Navy17Cabin BoyFort Bellingham +
BritishVaughan, Michael Terrence, Merchant Navy23Able SeamanFort Bellingham +
BritishWallace, Harvey, British Army30Gunner (DEMS gunner)Fort Bellingham +
BritishWheeldon, R.O., RNConvoy SignalmanFort Bellingham
BritishWhitehorn, Ivan Walter, RN51Commodore 2nd ClassHMS Aurania (F 28), Fort Bellingham
BritishWidow, L.R., DEMS gunnerFort Bellingham

75 persons found - for all attacks on this ship (2).

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