EBOR WYKE H78

EBOR WYKE H78

Built

1929

Cochrane`s Selby

Off Number	160853	Length Ft	140.3	Tons Gross	348
Yard Number	1055	Breadth Ft	24.0	Tons Net	138
Launched	09 07 1929		13.3	Hp	96 HP
Registered	30 Aug 1929	Engine Builder	CD Holmes	Knots	K

Registered	EBOR WYKE H78	Owners	1929 West Dock Steam Fishing Co Ltd Hull ( E W Robins manager )
	H.M.T EBOR WYKE	Owners	1939 - 1945 Admiralty
		Owners
Fate : 2 May 1945 Torpedoed by U 979 off Iceland 1 survivor -

Admiralty Requisition	Pennant No	Role	Returned
1939	FY1601	Minesweeper	Lost
1940 Iceland Command
1943 134th M/S Gp based Grimsby

IN REMEMBERANCE OF CREWMEN WHO DIED AT SEA
Surname	Christian Name	Age	Date of Death	Occupation	Information
.	.	.	.	.	.
BALLARD	JOHN HUDSON CHARTERS DICKSON	36	11 09 1939	PETTY OFFICER	Husband of Margaret Ballard, of Torry, Aberdeen
.	.	.	.	.	.
BIRKBY	RICHARD ERIC	.	02 05 1945	WIREMAN	Son of Raymond H. and Rose H. Birkby, of Denton, Lancashire.
BRINDLEY	JOSEPH	42	02 05 1945	ENGINEER	Husband of Elizabeth Jane Brindley of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
BROWN	JOHN THOMAS	29	02 05 1945	STOKER	Husband of Gladys May Brown of Grimsby, Lincolnshire
BRUCE	GEORGE STEWART	21	02 05 1945	STOKER	Son of John and Helen Anderson Bruce, of Portree, Isle of Skye
BUCHANAN	ALEXANDER	24	02 05 1945	SEAMAN	Husband of Lily Buchanan, of Dunbar, East Lothian
CAPPLEMAN	ROBERT WILLIAM	24	02 05 1945	LEADING SEAMAN	Son of Robert and Ethel M. Cappleman, of Scarborough, Yorkshire
CARTER	ERNEST WILLIAM	34	02 05 1945	STOKER	Husband of Freda Carter - Son of Ernest and Lily Carter, of Hull
ELLIOT	FERGUS		02 05 1945	STEWARD	Husband of Marion Rodger Elliott, of Glasgow
ENDEAN	WILLIAM	23	02 05 1945	SEAMAN	Husband of W. Endean
GARNHAM	ALAN ALBERT HENRY	20	02 05 1945	SEAMAN	Son of Albert Edward and Annie Elizabeth Garnham, of Tottenham, Middlesex
GARRETT	HARRY SMITH	.	02 05 1945	SEAMAN	Son of Harry Smith Garrett and Beatrice Garrett, of Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire
GILBERT	STEPHEN FREEMAN	24	02 05 1945	SEAMAN	Son of John Henry and Eliza Gilbert, of Harbour Buffett, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
HARLING	FRANK	.	02 05 1945	TELEGRAPHIST	Son of James William and Margaret Harling, of Rochdale, Lancashire
HOWES	ARTHUR ERNEST WILLIAM	36	02 05 1945	SKIPPER	Husband of Doris Mary Howes, of Lowestoft
HUGHES	ERIC	25	02 05 1945	STOKER	Husband of Marie Hughes St. Helens, Lancashire
JENSEN	HANS ALBERT	59	02 05 1945	CHIEF SKIPPER - DSC	Husband of Annie Jensen, of Hull - Son of Hans and Sene Jensen
LEE	EDWARD DOUGLAS	.	02 05 1945	LEADING COOK	.
MASON	JOHN	.	02 05 1945	ENGINEER	.
MYLES	COLIN BLAIR	21	02 05 1945	SEAMAN	Son of John McCormack Myles and Davina Ann Hogarth Myles, of Glasgow
PEAKE	RONALD ARTHUR	.	02 05 1945	SEAMAN	.
ROSIE	WILLIAM	.	02 05 1945	SEAMAN	.
TAYLOR	FRANK MORTON	31	02 05 1945	SIGNALMAN	Husband of Audrey Taylor, of Stockton-on-Tees.
TODD	CYRIL	49	02 05 1945	ENGINEMAN	Husband of Ethel Todd, of Soundwell, Gloucestershire
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Wreck of U979 seen 1988 Courtesy M Lewis

Surname	Christian	Age	Vessel	Birth Pl	Occupation	Date/ Scource	Detail
CREWMEN
JENSEN	A	.	.	.	Skipper	1943 / 1944	JEMSON A ?
CODD	DON	.	.	.	Skipper	1940 / 1942	.
MILNES	JOHN	.	.	.	Coxswain	02 05 1945	Sole Survivor of Sinking 02 05 1945
SAUNDERS	JIMMY	.	.		.	1942	( Transfered to BYMS in Dec 1942)
HULME	JIMMY	.	.	.	.	.	.
SULLIVAN	DANIEL JAMES	.	.	.	Seaman	1941	Joined 24 /08/41 - To 01/12/1942 went to crew american BYMS
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