Able Seaman Charles James Boyle (1897-1940)

Able Seaman Charles James Boyle

Birth

1897

Death

4 Mar 1940 (aged 42–43)

Burial

Tower Hill Memorial

London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Add to Map

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- SS "Thurston"

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SS "Thurston"

Son of Patrick & Sarah Boyle

(42)

► THURSTON SS was a British cargo steamer built in 1918 .....

On the 4th March 1940 when on route from Takoradi for Workington, UK carrying 4500 tons of manganese ore when she was torpedoed by German

submarine U-29 and sunk.

All 34 crew were lost. Master was Captain William Carr Fortune

► Shortly after midnight on 4 March, the French steam merchant S. N. A. 1 (2679 grt), en route from Ardrossan to Rouen, collided with Thurston about 60 miles south of Milford Haven and sank in 50°33N/05°47W. 31 crew members were rescued by Thurston, but only two men survived the second sinking by rescuing themselves into an overturned lifeboat.

Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76246

SS "Thurston"

Son of Patrick & Sarah Boyle

(42)

► THURSTON SS was a British cargo steamer built in 1918 .....

On the 4th March 1940 when on route from Takoradi for Workington, UK carrying 4500 tons of manganese ore when she was torpedoed by German

submarine U-29 and sunk.

All 34 crew were lost. Master was Captain William Carr Fortune

Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76246

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