Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Matina

British steam merchant



Photo courtesy of State Library of New South Wales

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

Aboard Matina when hit on 26 Oct 1940

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishArrowsmith, George, Merchant Navy23Assistant StewardMatina +
BritishBlackburn, Thomas Bruce, Merchant Navy46Able SeamanMatina +
BritishBrown, Reginald Edney Dymore, Merchant Navy53Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishBryant, Charles Herbert, Merchant Navy32Able SeamanMatina +
BritishChamberlain, Arthur Gordon, Merchant Navy26Assistant StewardMatina +
BritishChanter, William Georfie Wolferstan, Merchant Navy40Chief OfficerMatina +
BritishCharlton, Albert Edward, Merchant Navy18Assistant CookMatina +
BritishClare, William, Merchant Navy43Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishConlond, John James, Merchant Navy28Assistant StewardMatina +
BritishDawe, Harold, Merchant Navy47Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishDuggan, Anselm Barachiel, Merchant Navy40First Radio OfficerMatina +
BritishEmmons, Ivor, Merchant Navy22Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishEvans, Leslie, Merchant Navy28Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishEverett, Philip, Merchant Navy28Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishFaithfull, Ivor Raymond, Merchant Navy19SailorMatina +
BritishFinzi, George Earle Winston, Merchant NavySurgeonMatina +
BritishFordham, Mary, Civilian36PassengerMatina +
BritishFox, Patrick Dennis, Merchant Navy33BakerMatina +
BritishGabe, Howell Emanuel, Merchant Navy26Ordinary SeamanMatina +
BritishGeorge, Alexander Jubilee, Merchant Navy43Refrigerator Engineer OfficerMatina +
BritishGraham, Nathaniel, Merchant Navy52Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishHarper, Thomas Frank, Merchant Navy22Junior Engineer OfficerMatina +
BritishHawitt, George Frederick, Merchant Navy38Chief CookMatina +
BritishHector, Gordon Henry, Merchant Navy21Able SeamanMatina +
BritishHill, Gilbert Henry Alfred, Merchant Navy46Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishHolliday, Donald William, Merchant Navy29Able SeamanMatina +
BritishHolmes, Alexander, Merchant Navy61Second Engineer OfficerMatina +
BritishJack, David Alexander, Merchant Navy54MasterMatina +
BritishJones, Henry Bain, Merchant Navy23Fourth Engineer OfficerMatina +
BritishKelly, Daniel, Merchant Navy41GreaserMatina +
BritishKelly, John Patrick, Merchant Navy49Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishKisley, Thomas, Merchant Navy45Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishLamb, Edward James, Merchant Navy28Able SeamanMatina +
BritishLarsen, Carl Martin, Merchant Navy62GreaserMatina +
BritishLavelle, Hugh, Merchant Navy20Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishLavender, Robert John, Merchant Navy48Able SeamanMatina +
BritishLewis, John William, Merchant Navy54Assistant StewardMatina +
BritishLiddell, Alexander John, Merchant Navy38Assistant StewardMatina +
BritishLindsay, Allan, Merchant Navy28Third OfficerMatina +
BritishLloyd, William James, Merchant Navy43Second Engineer OfficerMatina +
BritishMaltby, Thomas George, Merchant Navy21Carpenter's MateMatina +
BritishMasson, George, Merchant Navy26SailorMatina +
BritishMcCarthy, James, Merchant Navy34Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishMcGrath, Thomas Francis, Merchant Navy45Assistant CookMatina +
BritishMcLaughlin, Robert O'Neil, Merchant Navy24Able SeamanMatina +
BritishMillett, William George, Merchant Navy43StorekeeperMatina +
BritishMorgan, Wilfred, Merchant Navy33Boatswain (Bosun)Matina +
BritishMoss, Frank, Merchant Navy60Chief StewardMatina +
BritishNewsome, John, Merchant Navy50GreaserMatina +
BritishO'Hara, James, Merchant Navy50Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishOrpin, Frank Enoch, Merchant Navy38Third Engineer OfficerMatina +
BritishOsborne, Alfred James, Merchant Navy20Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishPiper, George Frederick, Merchant Navy27Assistant StewardMatina +
BritishPrice, William Henry, Merchant Navy26Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishPrince, Zach, Merchant Navy46Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishPurcell, James William Peat, Merchant Navy36Junior Engineer OfficerMatina +
BritishScott, Sidney James, RM53Corporal (DEMS gunner)Matina +
BritishShaw, Henry Albert, Merchant Navy47Assistant StewardMatina +
BritishSmith, Samuel, Merchant Navy26Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishStidolph, James Edward, Merchant Navy26StewardMatina +
BritishSwale, Eric, Merchant Navy38Second OfficerMatina +
BritishTakle, Jack Leslie, Merchant Navy15Deck BoyMatina +
BritishThomas, W.H., Merchant Navy34Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishThorner, Philip William David, Merchant Navy35GreaserMatina +
BritishWalden, Edward, Merchant Navy50Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishWatts, Richard, RN37Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Matina +
BritishWatts, Thomas John Elliot, Merchant Navy19Second Radio OfficerMatina +
BritishWebster, Ferdinand, Merchant Navy40Fireman and TrimmerMatina +
BritishWhite, Arthur Joseph, Merchant Navy50Chief Engineer OfficerMatina +
BritishWhite, Kenneth Walter James, Merchant Navy25SailorMatina +
BritishWray, William James, Merchant Navy51CarpenterMatina +

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

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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