MV Nottingham (1941)

MV Nottingham (1941) was a passenger and cargo vessel operated by the New Zealand Shipping Company in 1941.

In service

She was spotted by German submarine U-74 (1940) on 7 November 1941. Nottingham tried to ram the U-boat but the attack was unsuccessful and the ship was torpedoed and sunk^[1]

It was her first voyage from Glasgow to New York. There were no survivors. She was carrying a cargo of Scotch Whisky.^[2]

Memorial

The persons lost are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, panel 74.

• Lionel Bain, Second Engineer Officer, Age 38. Son of Alexander and Marie Bain, of Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
• Frederick George Barber, Greaser, Age 25. Son of Samuel John and Susan A. Barber, of Plaistow, Essex.
• Donald James Bolton, Able Seaman, Age 20.
• James Montague Bullock, Third Engineer Officer, Age 53.
• Harry Kingsley Cockerill, Chief Officer, Age 37. Son of Henry Robert and Ethel M. Cockerill; husband of Mary Kathleen Cockerill, of Beverley Glen, West Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
• Bernard Conlin, Greaser, Age 32.
• Arthur Algernon Cooper, Master, Age 46. Son of Algernon and Florence Emily Vaughan Cooper; husband of Ida Mary Cooper, of Lancing, Sussex.
• Charles Crawford, Second Refrigerator Engineer, Age 20. Son of Frederick J. A. and Ethel Crawford, of St. Just in Penwith, Cornwall.
• Arthur Edward Cross, Steward, Age 48. Son of George Henry and Annie Elizabeth Cross; husband of May Elizabeth Cross, of Bexleyheath, Kent.
• Jeffrey Hewison Dance, First Radio Officer, Age 26.
• Arthur Ernest Day, Electrician, Age 20. Son of Mrs. M. Day, of Dagenham, Essex.
• Douglas Charles Fake, Able Seaman, Age 21. Son of Albert Charles and Amy Cecelia Fake.
• Ernest Fallone, Fifth Engineer Officer, Age 30.
• Douglas Ferguson, Chief Engineer Officer, Age 52. Son of George and Margaret Ferguson; husband of Ethel Ferguson, of South Woodford, Essex.
• Joseph Fletcher, Second Radio Officer, Age 24. Son of Joseph and Margaret Fletcher, of Liverpool.
• Frank Henry George Fowler, Greaser, Age 23. Son of Edwin Charles Daniel and Gertrude Beatrice Fowler.
• Philip Galbraith, Chief Refrigerator Engineer, Age 39.
• Hubert Alfred Green, Assistant Steward, Age 30. Son of Alfred and Mary A. Green, of Green Street Green, Farnborough, Kent.
• Harold James Green, Deck Boy, Age 17. Son of James and Winnifred Irene Rose Green, of East Ham, Essex.
• William Gregory, Greaser, Age 29.
• James Michael Hanlon, Third Officer, Age 26. Son of James and Florence Emily Hanlon, of Sutton, Surrey
• Thomas Frederick Hardy, Ordinary Seaman, Age 21.
• William Arthur Hatton, Ordinary Seaman, Age 18. Son of Charles and Emily Johanna Hatton, of Forest Gate, Essex.
• Herbert James Haydon, Able Seaman, Age 35.
• Frederick Nolan Heath, Able Seaman, Age 25. Son of Charles Henry and Florence Amy Mary Heath; husband of Magdeline Catherine Heath, of Peckham, London.
• Henry W Hosford, Greaser, Age 36. Son of Eliza Hosford, of Stratford, Essex.
• Wilfred Edward Jones, Assistant Steward, Age 21.
• Harold William Kimber, Able Seaman, Age 21. Son of Violet Kimber, of Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey.
• William Letchford, Steward, Age 24. Son of William George and Lillian Letchford; husband of R. F. Letchford, of Upper Holloway, London.
• Edward John Long, Greaser, Age 26. Son of William John and Mary Long, of Plaistow, Essex.
• George Lothian, Galley Boy, Age 17. Son of Thomas and Mary J. Lothian.
• Thomas Malcolm, Fourth Engineer Officer, Age 31.
• William Charles Metherell, Boatswain, Age 50.
• Frank Leslie Mitchell, Ordinary Seaman, Age 18. Son of Harold Frederick and Lilian Alice Mitchell, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
• William Morgan, Carpenter, Age 37. Husband of Elizabeth Morgan, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
• William Bruce McKenzie, First Electrician, Age 27. Son of William and Christina McKenzie, of Edinburgh.
• Maurice Brian O'Keeffe, Assistant Steward, Age 18. Son of Maurice and Lillian O'Keeffe, of Canning Town, Essex.
• Leslie Edward Parrish, Greaser, Age 32. Son of Edith Eleanor Parrish, of Manor Park, Essex.
• James Ian Paterson, Second Officer, Age 24. Son of Capt. James Paterson, M.C., Scots Guards, and of Jessie Paterson, of Edinburgh
• William Mackey Pendleton, Engineer Officer (Seventh), Age 21. Son of William and Lilian Eleanor Pendleton, of Liverpool.
• Laurence George Pieretti, Baker, Age 25.
• Francis Cecil Pretty OBE, DSC, Master, Age 51. Son of Edward and Helen Jane Pretty; husband of Myra Hoggett Pretty, of West Tarring, Sussex.
• Kim Woolmer Blake Prior, Fourth Officer, Age 23. Son of Dudley Blake Prior and Gill Blake Prior; husband of Agnes Cowan Prior, of Victoria, London.
• Frederick Riches, Ordinary Seaman, Age 32. Son of Frederick and Rosina Riches; husband of Joan Riches, of Hornsey, Middlesex.
• Robert Lewis Rowlands, Able Seaman, Age 22. Son of Deck Hand Robert Rowlands, Naval Auxillery Personnel (M.N), died on active service 22 July, 1940, and Ellen Rowlands, of Holyhead, Anglesey.
• Charles John Savill, Ordinary Seaman, Age 19.
• Henry William Shaltz, Assistant Cook, Age 20. Son of Alice Ada Shaltz, of Plaistow, Essex.
• George Simpson, Steward's Boy, Age 16. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simpson, of Dumfries.
• John Rose Thornton Sinclair, Engineer Officer (Sixth), Age 27. Son of Robert and Frances Mary Sinclair, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Joan Sinclair (nee Gravers), of Roslyn, Otago, New Zealand.
• William Charles Smith, Greaser, Age 26. Husband of Ann Smith, of Forest Gate, Essex.
• Edward Somers, Able Seaman, Age 35. Son of Patrick and Margaret Somers; husband of Josephine Anne Somers, of Bristol.
• Henry Joseph Lawrence Stevens, Sailor, Age 25. Son of Henry RIchard Sansora Stevens and Mary Ann May Stevens, of West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
• Stanley William Todd, Third Radio Officer, Age 21. Son of James Stanley Todd and Rose Pauline Todd, of Southwater, Sussex.
• Alexander Frank Tree, Storekeeper, Age 39.
• Duncan Campbell Tyre, Junior Engineer Officer, Age 27. Son of James and Mary Campbell Tyre.
• Harry Edward Williams, Chief Cook, Age 30. Son of James and Ellen Williams; husband of Ida F. Williams, of Barking, Essex.

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