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Born in the neighboring village of Balbriggan, Felix was raised in his mother's native seaside port village of Skerries, Ireland, as were his siblings. He was one of the youngest of Thomas & Marcella (née McGowan) Tyndall's 10 children.
A sailor from his earliest days, he eventually set up residence in England and became employed on the ships of the Royal Mail Lines. Over the years, he rose to officer rank.
During the winter of 1933 he married Brigid Rankin in Gosport, England. Brigid herself was an Irish immigrant, having moved to England from County Louth with her family when she was 11. They made their home on Belmont Street in the seaside village of Bognor Regis, which is on the south coast of England.
By the start of WWII, Felix was the Second Engineer Officer of M.V. Loch Katrine, a passenger and cargo ship of the Royal Mail Lines Company.
On July 24, 1942 Loch Katrine left Liverpool as part of a 41 ship cross-Atlantic convoy on route to Boston with a first stop in New York harbor. In addition to her Captain, she had a crew of 63 men and 18 passengers. As a defensively equipped merchant ship, she also carried 8 Royal Navy gunners, known as DEMS Gunners.
On the 29th the convoy was spotted by a German U-Boat, who then called in an additional 12 U-Boats for the siege. The attack started the next day. The RN escorts kept the wolf-pack at bay for days, but part of the convoy became separated. Between 3am - 4am on the morning of August 3rd, while about 330 miles off the coast of Cape Race on the island of Newfoundland, the U-Boats began the attack. Torpedoes from U-552 hit the Loch Katrine, sinking her in the deep waters of the Atlantic.
Two Royal Canadian Navy ships of the escort, the destroyer Hamilton & corvette class Agassyz raced in to pull survivors from the water. The Captain, 55 crewman, the 8 DEMS gunners and 17 of the passengers were rescued.
Felix and 7 of his crew-mates, along with one of the passengers, died in the attack. Their bodies were not recovered.
✞ The Loch Katrine and her 9 casualties rest in the depths of the Atlantic, off the coast of Cape Race to this day.
✞ The Sea Pole Memorial
Skerries, Ireland
71 years after the sinking of the Loch Katrine, Ireland's largest memorial to her men lost at sea was dedicated in Felix Tyndall's home villiage of Skerries. The Skerries Sea Pole Memorial remembers and honors 271 men and ships connected with the Skerries port who have no grave but the sea. The roll call of Skerries men, dedicated by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D. Higgins, includes Felix Tyndall, Lost at Sea 1942, at the age of 53.
also:
✞ Tyndall Family Gravesite
Holmpatrick Graveyard
Skerries, Ireland
Prior to the erection of the Skerries Sea Pole, Felix has, for decades, been remembered and honored on the Tyndall family tombstone that is located back in Ireland in his native village Skerries. It was erected by his brothers over the grave of his parents Thomas & Madge (née McGowan) Tyndal and sister Catherine Tyndall. Remembered and honored along with Felix are his sisters Marcella McGowan & Elizabeth Ott & Marcella's son Jack McGowan, all of whom died young in New York & his brother Thomas who died in England mere days before Felix's final voyage.
also:
✞ The Tower Hill Memorial
London, England
In 1955, Second Engineer Officer Felix Tyndall and the lost crew members of Loch Katrine, were remebered & honored when their names were inscribed on the WWII addition to the Tower Hill Memorial to Merchant Seamen, located in London. The Tower Hill Memorial is dedicated to the men of the Fishing Fleets & the Merchant Seamen who died during WW I and WW II and have "No Grave But the Sea".
Harry George age 48
William John age 50
Edward Jones age 21
Arthur Martin age 50
Michael Ryder age 26
Felix Tyndall age 53
Arthur Wheddon age 29
Stephen White age 16
Born in the neighboring village of Balbriggan, Felix was raised in his mother's native seaside port village of Skerries, Ireland, as were his siblings. He was one of the youngest of Thomas & Marcella (née McGowan) Tyndall's 10 children.
A sailor from his earliest days, he eventually set up residence in England and became employed on the ships of the Royal Mail Lines. Over the years, he rose to officer rank.
During the winter of 1933 he married Brigid Rankin in Gosport, England. Brigid herself was an Irish immigrant, having moved to England from County Louth with her family when she was 11. They made their home on Belmont Street in the seaside village of Bognor Regis, which is on the south coast of England.
By the start of WWII, Felix was the Second Engineer Officer of M.V. Loch Katrine, a passenger and cargo ship of the Royal Mail Lines Company.
On July 24, 1942 Loch Katrine left Liverpool as part of a 41 ship cross-Atlantic convoy on route to Boston with a first stop in New York harbor. In addition to her Captain, she had a crew of 63 men and 18 passengers. As a defensively equipped merchant ship, she also carried 8 Royal Navy gunners, known as DEMS Gunners.
On the 29th the convoy was spotted by a German U-Boat, who then called in an additional 12 U-Boats for the siege. The attack started the next day. The RN escorts kept the wolf-pack at bay for days, but part of the convoy became separated. Between 3am - 4am on the morning of August 3rd, while about 330 miles off the coast of Cape Race on the island of Newfoundland, the U-Boats began the attack. Torpedoes from U-552 hit the Loch Katrine, sinking her in the deep waters of the Atlantic.
Two Royal Canadian Navy ships of the escort, the destroyer Hamilton & corvette class Agassyz raced in to pull survivors from the water. The Captain, 55 crewman, the 8 DEMS gunners and 17 of the passengers were rescued.
Felix and 7 of his crew-mates, along with one of the passengers, died in the attack. Their bodies were not recovered.
✞ The Loch Katrine and her 9 casualties rest in the depths of the Atlantic, off the coast of Cape Race to this day.
✞ The Sea Pole Memorial
Skerries, Ireland
71 years after the sinking of the Loch Katrine, Ireland's largest memorial to her men lost at sea was dedicated in Felix Tyndall's home villiage of Skerries. The Skerries Sea Pole Memorial remembers and honors 271 men and ships connected with the Skerries port who have no grave but the sea. The roll call of Skerries men, dedicated by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D. Higgins, includes Felix Tyndall, Lost at Sea 1942, at the age of 53.
also:
✞ Tyndall Family Gravesite
Holmpatrick Graveyard
Skerries, Ireland
Prior to the erection of the Skerries Sea Pole, Felix has, for decades, been remembered and honored on the Tyndall family tombstone that is located back in Ireland in his native village Skerries. It was erected by his brothers over the grave of his parents Thomas & Madge (née McGowan) Tyndal and sister Catherine Tyndall. Remembered and honored along with Felix are his sisters Marcella McGowan & Elizabeth Ott & Marcella's son Jack McGowan, all of whom died young in New York & his brother Thomas who died in England mere days before Felix's final voyage.
also:
✞ The Tower Hill Memorial
London, England
In 1955, Second Engineer Officer Felix Tyndall and the lost crew members of Loch Katrine, were remebered & honored when their names were inscribed on the WWII addition to the Tower Hill Memorial to Merchant Seamen, located in London. The Tower Hill Memorial is dedicated to the men of the Fishing Fleets & the Merchant Seamen who died during WW I and WW II and have "No Grave But the Sea".
Harry George age 48
William John age 50
Edward Jones age 21
Arthur Martin age 50
Michael Ryder age 26
Felix Tyndall age 53
Arthur Wheddon age 29
Stephen White age 16
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Born in the neighboring village of Balbriggan, Felix was raised in his mother's native seaside port village of Skerries, Ireland, as were his siblings. He was one of the youngest of Thomas & Marcella (née McGowan) Tyndall's 10 children.
A sailor from his earliest days, he eventually set up residence in England and became employed on the ships of the Royal Mail Lines. Over the years, he rose to officer rank.
During the winter of 1933 he married Brigid Rankin in Gosport, England. Brigid herself was an Irish immigrant, having moved to England from County Louth with her family when she was 11. They made their home on Belmont Street in the seaside village of Bognor Regis, which is on the south coast of England.
By the start of WWII, Felix was the Second Engineer Officer of M.V. Loch Katrine, a passenger and cargo ship of the Royal Mail Lines Company.
On July 24, 1942 Loch Katrine left Liverpool as part of a 41 ship cross-Atlantic convoy on route to Boston with a first stop in New York harbor. In addition to her Captain, she had a crew of 63 men and 18 passengers. As a defensively equipped merchant ship, she also carried 8 Royal Navy gunners, known as DEMS Gunners.
On the 29th the convoy was spotted by a German U-Boat, who then called in an additional 12 U-Boats for the siege. The attack started the next day. The RN escorts kept the wolf-pack at bay for days, but part of the convoy became separated. Between 3am - 4am on the morning of August 3rd, while about 330 miles off the coast of Cape Race on the island of Newfoundland, the U-Boats began the attack. Torpedoes from U-552 hit the Loch Katrine, sinking her in the deep waters of the Atlantic.
Two Royal Canadian Navy ships of the escort, the destroyer Hamilton & corvette class Agassyz raced in to pull survivors from the water. The Captain, 55 crewman, the 8 DEMS gunners and 17 of the passengers were rescued.
Felix and 7 of his crew-mates, along with one of the passengers, died in the attack. Their bodies were not recovered.
✞ The Loch Katrine and her 9 casualties rest in the depths of the Atlantic, off the coast of Cape Race to this day.
✞ The Sea Pole Memorial
Skerries, Ireland
71 years after the sinking of the Loch Katrine, Ireland's largest memorial to her men lost at sea was dedicated in Felix Tyndall's home villiage of Skerries. The Skerries Sea Pole Memorial remembers and honors 271 men and ships connected with the Skerries port who have no grave but the sea. The roll call of Skerries men, dedicated by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D. Higgins, includes Felix Tyndall, Lost at Sea 1942, at the age of 53.
also:
✞ Tyndall Family Gravesite
Holmpatrick Graveyard
Skerries, Ireland
Prior to the erection of the Skerries Sea Pole, Felix has, for decades, been remembered and honored on the Tyndall family tombstone that is located back in Ireland in his native village Skerries. It was erected by his brothers over the grave of his parents Thomas & Madge (née McGowan) Tyndal and sister Catherine Tyndall. Remembered and honored along with Felix are his sisters Marcella McGowan & Elizabeth Ott & Marcella's son Jack McGowan, all of whom died young in New York & his brother Thomas who died in England mere days before Felix's final voyage.
also:
✞ The Tower Hill Memorial
London, England
In 1955, Second Engineer Officer Felix Tyndall and the lost crew members of Loch Katrine, were remebered & honored when their names were inscribed on the WWII addition to the Tower Hill Memorial to Merchant Seamen, located in London. The Tower Hill Memorial is dedicated to the men of the Fishing Fleets & the Merchant Seamen who died during WW I and WW II and have "No Grave But the Sea".
Harry George age 48
William John age 50
Edward Jones age 21
Arthur Martin age 50
Michael Ryder age 26
Felix Tyndall age 53
Arthur Wheddon age 29
Stephen White age 16
Born in the neighboring village of Balbriggan, Felix was raised in his mother's native seaside port village of Skerries, Ireland, as were his siblings. He was one of the youngest of Thomas & Marcella (née McGowan) Tyndall's 10 children.
A sailor from his earliest days, he eventually set up residence in England and became employed on the ships of the Royal Mail Lines. Over the years, he rose to officer rank.
During the winter of 1933 he married Brigid Rankin in Gosport, England. Brigid herself was an Irish immigrant, having moved to England from County Louth with her family when she was 11. They made their home on Belmont Street in the seaside village of Bognor Regis, which is on the south coast of England.
By the start of WWII, Felix was the Second Engineer Officer of M.V. Loch Katrine, a passenger and cargo ship of the Royal Mail Lines Company.
On July 24, 1942 Loch Katrine left Liverpool as part of a 41 ship cross-Atlantic convoy on route to Boston with a first stop in New York harbor. In addition to her Captain, she had a crew of 63 men and 18 passengers. As a defensively equipped merchant ship, she also carried 8 Royal Navy gunners, known as DEMS Gunners.
On the 29th the convoy was spotted by a German U-Boat, who then called in an additional 12 U-Boats for the siege. The attack started the next day. The RN escorts kept the wolf-pack at bay for days, but part of the convoy became separated. Between 3am - 4am on the morning of August 3rd, while about 330 miles off the coast of Cape Race on the island of Newfoundland, the U-Boats began the attack. Torpedoes from U-552 hit the Loch Katrine, sinking her in the deep waters of the Atlantic.
Two Royal Canadian Navy ships of the escort, the destroyer Hamilton & corvette class Agassyz raced in to pull survivors from the water. The Captain, 55 crewman, the 8 DEMS gunners and 17 of the passengers were rescued.
Felix and 7 of his crew-mates, along with one of the passengers, died in the attack. Their bodies were not recovered.
✞ The Loch Katrine and her 9 casualties rest in the depths of the Atlantic, off the coast of Cape Race to this day.
✞ The Sea Pole Memorial
Skerries, Ireland
71 years after the sinking of the Loch Katrine, Ireland's largest memorial to her men lost at sea was dedicated in Felix Tyndall's home villiage of Skerries. The Skerries Sea Pole Memorial remembers and honors 271 men and ships connected with the Skerries port who have no grave but the sea. The roll call of Skerries men, dedicated by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D. Higgins, includes Felix Tyndall, Lost at Sea 1942, at the age of 53.
also:
✞ Tyndall Family Gravesite
Holmpatrick Graveyard
Skerries, Ireland
Prior to the erection of the Skerries Sea Pole, Felix has, for decades, been remembered and honored on the Tyndall family tombstone that is located back in Ireland in his native village Skerries. It was erected by his brothers over the grave of his parents Thomas & Madge (née McGowan) Tyndal and sister Catherine Tyndall. Remembered and honored along with Felix are his sisters Marcella McGowan & Elizabeth Ott & Marcella's son Jack McGowan, all of whom died young in New York & his brother Thomas who died in England mere days before Felix's final voyage.
also:
✞ The Tower Hill Memorial
London, England
In 1955, Second Engineer Officer Felix Tyndall and the lost crew members of Loch Katrine, were remebered & honored when their names were inscribed on the WWII addition to the Tower Hill Memorial to Merchant Seamen, located in London. The Tower Hill Memorial is dedicated to the men of the Fishing Fleets & the Merchant Seamen who died during WW I and WW II and have "No Grave But the Sea".
Harry George age 48
William John age 50
Edward Jones age 21
Arthur Martin age 50
Michael Ryder age 26
Felix Tyndall age 53
Arthur Wheddon age 29
Stephen White age 16
Inscription
the main inscription on the
Sea Pole Memorial reads:
I gCuimhne ar na daoine go léir
a cailleach san Fharraige idir
na Sceirí agus Loch Sionnsigh
the inscription on the individual plate reads:
Felix M Tyndall
2nd of August 1942
On the MV Lochkatrine torpedoed by U/553,
45 deg 52' N 46 deg 44' W, E of Cape Race
(NB: the plate has errors in the date, ship name & Uboat number)
Gravesite Details
LOST AT SEA: 330 miles off the coast of Cape Race at Newfoundland.
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