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O.131 John
The First World War · All conflicts
6lost
- Type
- Fishing vessel
- Tonnage
- 221 GRT
- Built
- 1910
- Owner
- Pêcherie à Vapeur, Ostend
- Home port
- Ostend
- Date
- 3 January 1918
- Fate
- rammed at about nine in the evening by the O.55 Le Compte Horace Vanderburgh and sunk within minutes in 51°30′ N, 5°53′ W; six of those aboard were lost
Crew list (13 names)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skipper (patron) | Pincket Pierre on 13 December 1917 drove at full speed straight at a German submarine and forced her to dive; received for it a silver cigarette case from the Shipowners' Association and the thanks of Vice-Admiral H. Dare; son of Isidore and Florance Devynck; living in exile at Milford Haven, 3 Victoria Rd. | Unknown | |
| Mate (stuurman) | Dedrie Louis son of Louis and Marie Deroo; living in exile at Milford Haven, 57 Priory Rd. | Unknown | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | Calcoen August son of David and Amelie Valcke; living in exile at Milford Haven, 64 Charles Street | Unknown | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | Declerck Pierre son of Henri and Elise Smissaert; living in exile at Milford Haven, 6 Warwick Street | Unknown | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | †Allary Léonce assistant gunner; survived the loss of the O.171 on 2 June 1915 and was killed when the O.131 was rammed on 3 January 1918; the British Admiralty honoured him posthumously; son of Edouard and Charlotte Dewaele; living in exile at Milford Haven, 7 North Rd. | Lost | |
| Assistant Fisherman (hulpvisscher) | Meyer Edouard son of Edouard and Marie Deconinck; living in exile at Milford Haven, 7 Victoria Rd. | Unknown | |
| Ship's Boy (jongen) | Van Houcke François son of Auguste and Esperance Dufait; living in exile at Milford Haven, 11 Albion Street | Unknown | |
| Engineer (machinist) | Deman André son of Jean and Julia Vens; living in exile at Milford Haven, 63 Shakespeare Avenue | Unknown | |
| Fireman (stoker) | Deman Joseph son of Pierre and Marie Koten; living in exile at Milford Haven, 6 St. Georges Street | Unknown | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | Baert Pierre son of Frans and Clemence Mycke; living in exile at Milford Haven, 7 Victoria Street | Unknown | |
| Fireman (stoker) | Gillegot Theodore brother of Henri Gillegot; son of Pierre and Rosalie Labiaux; living in exile at Milford Haven, 19 Albion Street | Unknown | |
| trimmer | Degruyter Arthur son of Richard and Eugenie Peire; living in exile at Milford Haven, 19 Albion Street | Unknown | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | Gillegot Henri brother of Theodore Gillegot; son of Pierre and Rosalie Labiaux; living in exile at Milford Haven, 13 Point Street | Unknown |