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Able Seaman Sharkey

Birth
Death
10 Mar 1917 (aged 49–50)
Monument
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Add to Map
Plot
- SS "Polandia"
Memorial ID
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SS "Polandia" ?
Husband of Mrs. Sharkey, of 65, Oliver St., Birkenhead.
Born at Kingstown,

Jan Lettens 01/10/2013:
" On March 10th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship POLANDIA, built in 1898 by Blohm & Voss and owned at the time of her loss by British Government, left Birkenhead for Cherbourg with a cargo of government material, and went missing.
She was not heard of ever since. 25 people lost their lives."
SS "Polandia" ?
Husband of Mrs. Sharkey, of 65, Oliver St., Birkenhead.
Born at Kingstown,

Jan Lettens 01/10/2013:
" On March 10th, 1917, the British steel cargo ship POLANDIA, built in 1898 by Blohm & Voss and owned at the time of her loss by British Government, left Birkenhead for Cherbourg with a cargo of government material, and went missing.
She was not heard of ever since. 25 people lost their lives."

Gravesite Details

Mercantile Marine
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?79603


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  • Maintained by: AenneLa
  • Originally Created by: Jordan Lyons
  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15372624/sharkey: accessed ), memorial page for Able Seaman Sharkey (1867–10 Mar 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15372624, citing Tower Hill Memorial, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England; Maintained by AenneLa (contributor 48548982).