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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)

RankNameNationalityFate
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
trimmerDegruyter 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