SS "Umgeni"
Son of James Farden & Sarah Ann Butler;
husband of Mabel Lily Butler (nee Davis), of Ilford, Essex.
Born at Highbury, London, (33)
On November 7th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship UMGENI, built in 1898
by Laing James & Sons Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Bullard,
King & Co., left Clyde - Liverpool for Lagos, and went missing.
She was last spoken to on 9th and not heard of ever since.
30 people lost their lives. [Jan Lettens]
Master was Captain John Creamer Brett (41)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142272
Son of James Farden & Sarah Ann Butler;
husband of Mabel Lily Butler (nee Davis), of Ilford, Essex.
Born at Highbury, London, (33)
On November 7th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship UMGENI, built in 1898
by Laing James & Sons Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Bullard,
King & Co., left Clyde - Liverpool for Lagos, and went missing.
She was last spoken to on 9th and not heard of ever since.
30 people lost their lives. [Jan Lettens]
Master was Captain John Creamer Brett (41)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142272
SS "Umgeni"
Son of James Farden & Sarah Ann Butler;
husband of Mabel Lily Butler (nee Davis), of Ilford, Essex.
Born at Highbury, London, (33)
On November 7th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship UMGENI, built in 1898
by Laing James & Sons Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Bullard,
King & Co., left Clyde - Liverpool for Lagos, and went missing.
She was last spoken to on 9th and not heard of ever since.
30 people lost their lives. [Jan Lettens]
Master was Captain John Creamer Brett (41)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142272
Son of James Farden & Sarah Ann Butler;
husband of Mabel Lily Butler (nee Davis), of Ilford, Essex.
Born at Highbury, London, (33)
On November 7th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship UMGENI, built in 1898
by Laing James & Sons Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Bullard,
King & Co., left Clyde - Liverpool for Lagos, and went missing.
She was last spoken to on 9th and not heard of ever since.
30 people lost their lives. [Jan Lettens]
Master was Captain John Creamer Brett (41)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142272
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