SS "Hesperian"
Son of the late Thomas & Isabella Jones;
husband of Margaret Ann Jones, of , Everton, Liverpool.
Born at Liverpool,
Jan Lettens 04/12/2010:
" SS Hesperian, ...... was a British ocean liner.
On September 4th, 1915, Hesperian, on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal with general cargo and passengers, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 (Walther Schwieger), 85 miles SWxS from Fastnet. --- 32 persons were lost.
Hesperian remained afloat and survived the attack, but she foundered 2 days later while under tow."
Son of the late Thomas & Isabella Jones;
husband of Margaret Ann Jones, of , Everton, Liverpool.
Born at Liverpool,
Jan Lettens 04/12/2010:
" SS Hesperian, ...... was a British ocean liner.
On September 4th, 1915, Hesperian, on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal with general cargo and passengers, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 (Walther Schwieger), 85 miles SWxS from Fastnet. --- 32 persons were lost.
Hesperian remained afloat and survived the attack, but she foundered 2 days later while under tow."
SS "Hesperian"
Son of the late Thomas & Isabella Jones;
husband of Margaret Ann Jones, of , Everton, Liverpool.
Born at Liverpool,
Jan Lettens 04/12/2010:
" SS Hesperian, ...... was a British ocean liner.
On September 4th, 1915, Hesperian, on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal with general cargo and passengers, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 (Walther Schwieger), 85 miles SWxS from Fastnet. --- 32 persons were lost.
Hesperian remained afloat and survived the attack, but she foundered 2 days later while under tow."
Son of the late Thomas & Isabella Jones;
husband of Margaret Ann Jones, of , Everton, Liverpool.
Born at Liverpool,
Jan Lettens 04/12/2010:
" SS Hesperian, ...... was a British ocean liner.
On September 4th, 1915, Hesperian, on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal with general cargo and passengers, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 (Walther Schwieger), 85 miles SWxS from Fastnet. --- 32 persons were lost.
Hesperian remained afloat and survived the attack, but she foundered 2 days later while under tow."
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Mercantile Marine
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13784
commemorated on Page 38 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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