Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Thistlegarth

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 Thistlegarth.

Aboard Thistlegarth when hit on 15 Oct 1940

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAtkinson, Herbert, Merchant Navy50Chief Engineer OfficerThistlegarth +
BritishBailey, John Henry, Merchant Navy26Able SeamanThistlegarth +
BritishBaker, Peter Charles, Merchant Navy19ApprenticeThistlegarth +
BritishBakes, Leonard, Merchant Navy20SailorThistlegarth +
BritishBird, Albert, Merchant Navy37FiremanThistlegarth +
BritishBurrows, Thomas, Merchant Navy30Able SeamanThistlegarth +
BritishCain, Cyril, Merchant Navy22FiremanThistlegarth +
BritishCarey, John William, Merchant Navy25Third OfficerThistlegarth +
BritishCarr, Henry Francis, Merchant Navy21Assistant StewardThistlegarth +
BritishCheyne, James, Merchant Navy38CarpenterThistlegarth +
BritishCollier, William Charles, Merchant Navy55FiremanThistlegarth +
BritishCoultas, Harry, Merchant Navy32SailorThistlegarth +
BritishCuckson, Thomas John, Merchant Navy38FiremanThistlegarth +
IrishDwyer, John, Merchant Navy44FiremanThistlegarth +
BritishFoster, Charles, Merchant Navy41Able SeamanThistlegarth +
BritishGillespie, Alfred William, Merchant Navy27Second OfficerThistlegarth +
BritishHair, Thomas, Merchant Navy19Mess Room StewardThistlegarth +
BritishHarrison, Maurice, Merchant Navy17CadetThistlegarth +
BritishJennings, Cyril, Merchant Navy19Ordinary SeamanThistlegarth +
BritishLampey, Walter, Merchant Navy55FiremanThistlegarth +
BritishMcIver, Ernest John, Merchant Navy39Third Engineer OfficerThistlegarth +
BritishMcNally, Joseph, Merchant Navy42FiremanThistlegarth +
BritishPinkney, Cyril, Merchant Navy36Second Engineer OfficerThistlegarth +
BritishPleasants, Sidney, Merchant Navy48FiremanThistlegarth +
BritishPlummer, Donald, Merchant Navy47MasterThistlegarth +
BritishRoutledge, Charles Ernest, Merchant Navy24FiremanThistlegarth +
BritishSeymour, Ronald, Merchant Navy22Fourth Engineer OfficerThistlegarth +
BritishSmee, George David, Merchant Navy17Ordinary SeamanThistlegarth +
BritishWillis, Robert Scorer, Merchant Navy43Chief StewardThistlegarth
BritishWinter, Richard Henry, Merchant Navy16Ordinary SeamanThistlegarth +
BritishWratten, Sydney, RN52Petty Officer Stoker (DEMS gunner)Thistlegarth +

31 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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