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O.126 Neptune

The First World War · All conflicts

Type
Fishing vessel
Owner
H.P. Aspeslagh, Ostend
Home port
Ostend
Date
26 December 1916
Fate
stopped twenty-five miles SW by W of St Ann’s Head; the scuttling charges in the hold failed to go off, so she was sunk by four rounds of gunfire; the crew came away unhurt but lost every stitch of their sea kit
Attacker
UC-46

Crew list (11 names)

RankNameNationalityFate
Skipper (schipper)Zonnekeyn Louis
son of Florimont and Celine Clemme; living in exile at Milford Haven, Starbuck Rd. 49
Survived
Mate (stuurman)Aspeslagh Jacques
son of Jacques and Louise Ryckeman; living in exile at Milford Haven, Marble Hall 13
Survived
Fisherman (visscher)Corveleyn Victor
son of Joseph and Jeanne Brumeesch; living in exile at Milford Haven, Priory Rd. 74
Survived
Fisherman (visscher)Labbeke Eugeen
son of Antoine and Léonie Nierynck; living in exile at Milford Haven, Warwick Rd. 12
Survived
Fisherman (visscher)Van Acker Charles
brother of Léon Van Acker; son of Louis and Marie Burke; living in exile at Milford Haven, Brooke Avenue 2
Survived
Fisherman (visscher)Van Acker Léon
brother of Charles Van Acker; son of Louis and Marie Burke; living in exile at Milford Haven, Albion Street 33
Survived
Engineer (machinist)Van Sieleghem Louis
son of Charles and Pauline Keters; living in exile at Milford Haven, Observatory C.
Survived
Fireman (stoker)Torreborre Vincent
son of Jean and Louise Mestdagh; living in exile at Milford Haven, Robert Street 3
Survived
Fireman (stoker)Depaep Léon
son of Leopold and Mathilde Huys; living in exile at Milford Haven, George Street 10
Survived
Assistant Fireman (hulpstoker)Geselles Jules
son of Pierre and Rosalie Deceuninck; living in exile at Milford Haven, Priory Rd. 6
Survived
Assistant Fireman (hulpstoker)Dewitte Eugene
brother of Frans Dewitte, wounded on the O.171 eighteen months earlier; both sons of David Dewitte and Pauline Timmermans of Flushing; son of David and Pauline Timmerman
Survived