WORLD WAR I
Youngest son of John Robertson and Elizabeth Murray Britton.
NAVAL PATROL BOAT SUNK WITH ALL ON BOARD LOST
Loss of Tampa Reported by Vice Admiral Sims
IN BRISTOL CHANNEL OFF ENGLISH COAST
One Hundred and Eighteen Men Missing After Disaster on Night of September 26 - Man From Estell and Three From Charleston Included In List.
WASHINGTON - Loss of the naval patrol boat, Tampa, formerly the coast guard cutter Miami, with all on board, 118 men, was announced tonight by the naval department. The vessel was sunk on the night of September 26 in the Bristol Channel off the coast of England, and vice admiral Sims' report indicated that she was torpedoed while escorting a convoy.
Through the sinking of the Tampa the navy suffered its greatest single blow of the war. 10 officers and 102 enlisted men, most of them taken over from the coast guard service, when the Tampa was sent to the war zone, many months ago, were aboard and in addition it was reported that one British army officer and five civilian employees were on the vessel.
Other vessels of the convoy, which, it appears, the Tampa had steamed ahead of, made a thorough search in the vicinity after the explosion but they failed to find a single survivor.
A list from Colonel Sims of the names of the men missing from the Tampa includes the following from southern states...J. Britton, ordinary seaman, 27 Marsh St., Charleston, SC.
Published in The State, October 4, 1918
Note:
There's a marker for John at Saint Lawrence Cemetery in Charleston where his parents are buried.
Youngest son of John Robertson and Elizabeth Murray Britton.
NAVAL PATROL BOAT SUNK WITH ALL ON BOARD LOST
Loss of Tampa Reported by Vice Admiral Sims
IN BRISTOL CHANNEL OFF ENGLISH COAST
One Hundred and Eighteen Men Missing After Disaster on Night of September 26 - Man From Estell and Three From Charleston Included In List.
WASHINGTON - Loss of the naval patrol boat, Tampa, formerly the coast guard cutter Miami, with all on board, 118 men, was announced tonight by the naval department. The vessel was sunk on the night of September 26 in the Bristol Channel off the coast of England, and vice admiral Sims' report indicated that she was torpedoed while escorting a convoy.
Through the sinking of the Tampa the navy suffered its greatest single blow of the war. 10 officers and 102 enlisted men, most of them taken over from the coast guard service, when the Tampa was sent to the war zone, many months ago, were aboard and in addition it was reported that one British army officer and five civilian employees were on the vessel.
Other vessels of the convoy, which, it appears, the Tampa had steamed ahead of, made a thorough search in the vicinity after the explosion but they failed to find a single survivor.
A list from Colonel Sims of the names of the men missing from the Tampa includes the following from southern states...J. Britton, ordinary seaman, 27 Marsh St., Charleston, SC.
Published in The State, October 4, 1918
Note:
There's a marker for John at Saint Lawrence Cemetery in Charleston where his parents are buried.
WORLD WAR I
Youngest son of John Robertson and Elizabeth Murray Britton.
NAVAL PATROL BOAT SUNK WITH ALL ON BOARD LOST
Loss of Tampa Reported by Vice Admiral Sims
IN BRISTOL CHANNEL OFF ENGLISH COAST
One Hundred and Eighteen Men Missing After Disaster on Night of September 26 - Man From Estell and Three From Charleston Included In List.
WASHINGTON - Loss of the naval patrol boat, Tampa, formerly the coast guard cutter Miami, with all on board, 118 men, was announced tonight by the naval department. The vessel was sunk on the night of September 26 in the Bristol Channel off the coast of England, and vice admiral Sims' report indicated that she was torpedoed while escorting a convoy.
Through the sinking of the Tampa the navy suffered its greatest single blow of the war. 10 officers and 102 enlisted men, most of them taken over from the coast guard service, when the Tampa was sent to the war zone, many months ago, were aboard and in addition it was reported that one British army officer and five civilian employees were on the vessel.
Other vessels of the convoy, which, it appears, the Tampa had steamed ahead of, made a thorough search in the vicinity after the explosion but they failed to find a single survivor.
A list from Colonel Sims of the names of the men missing from the Tampa includes the following from southern states...J. Britton, ordinary seaman, 27 Marsh St., Charleston, SC.
Published in The State, October 4, 1918
Note:
There's a marker for John at Saint Lawrence Cemetery in Charleston where his parents are buried.
Youngest son of John Robertson and Elizabeth Murray Britton.
NAVAL PATROL BOAT SUNK WITH ALL ON BOARD LOST
Loss of Tampa Reported by Vice Admiral Sims
IN BRISTOL CHANNEL OFF ENGLISH COAST
One Hundred and Eighteen Men Missing After Disaster on Night of September 26 - Man From Estell and Three From Charleston Included In List.
WASHINGTON - Loss of the naval patrol boat, Tampa, formerly the coast guard cutter Miami, with all on board, 118 men, was announced tonight by the naval department. The vessel was sunk on the night of September 26 in the Bristol Channel off the coast of England, and vice admiral Sims' report indicated that she was torpedoed while escorting a convoy.
Through the sinking of the Tampa the navy suffered its greatest single blow of the war. 10 officers and 102 enlisted men, most of them taken over from the coast guard service, when the Tampa was sent to the war zone, many months ago, were aboard and in addition it was reported that one British army officer and five civilian employees were on the vessel.
Other vessels of the convoy, which, it appears, the Tampa had steamed ahead of, made a thorough search in the vicinity after the explosion but they failed to find a single survivor.
A list from Colonel Sims of the names of the men missing from the Tampa includes the following from southern states...J. Britton, ordinary seaman, 27 Marsh St., Charleston, SC.
Published in The State, October 4, 1918
Note:
There's a marker for John at Saint Lawrence Cemetery in Charleston where his parents are buried.
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