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Crew of the SS Elswick Park in September 1916
Crew of the SS Elswick Park in September 1916
The SS Elswick Park was a 3004 ton cargo ship, launched in 1899 and operated by Elswick Steam Sg Co Ltd from Newcastle upon Tyne. On 8 Sep 1916 she sailed from Philadelphia with a cargo of coal bound for Santos and was not seen or heard of again after she passed the Delaware Breakwater. All the 25 crew were assumed drowned when the ship was lost. The ship did not have a wireless operator and the cause of the disaster is a mystery. The biography of A T Browne, a crew member, speculates that the Elswick Park may have been sunk by u-boat action but this seems unlikely in the Western Atlantic, beyond the range of most u-boats and in a period of very little u-boat Atlantic activity. There was a series of hurricanes intersecting the likely route of the Elswick Park in September and October and it is possible that she was overwhelmed by one of these. The community includes 28 men, three of whom travelled to Philadelphia and there left the ship thus avoiding the catastrophe. They were replaced in the crew by three men recruited in the Philadelphia area.
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Other Empire Force Fireman/Trimmer Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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Born 1895
Died 1916
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Died 1916
Other Empire Force 2nd Mate Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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Born 1901
Died 1916
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Born 1860
Died 1916
Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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Born 1867
Died 1916
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Born 1879
Died 1916
Other Empire Force Fireman/Trimmer Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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Born 1897
Died 1916
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Died 1916
Other Empire Force Fireman/Trimmer Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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Died 1916
Other Empire Force Fireman/Trimmer Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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Died 1916
Other Empire Force Fireman/Trimmer Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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Died 1916
Other Empire Force Donkeyman Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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Born 1873
Died 1916
Other Empire Force 1st Mate Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park
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