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O.171 Delta B

The First World War · All conflicts

Type
Fishing vessel
Built
1908
Owner
N.V. Delta (Visserij en Sleepdienst), Ostend
Home port
Ostend
Date
2 June 1915
Fate
sunk by gunfire from U-34 eighteen miles SW by W of the Bishop Rock lighthouse; all eleven aboard were saved by the patrol vessel Devonland
Attacker
U-34

Crew list (11 names)

RankNameNationalityFate
Skipper (schipper)Piteljon Pierre
skipper; gave the sea report before the maritime commissioner Adolf Claessens; son of François and Sophie Florisoone; living in exile at Milford Haven, Priory Rd. 28
Survived
Mate (stuurman)Piteljon Gerard
sailed under his father; son of Pierre and Hélène Demesmaeker; living in exile at Milford Haven, Starbuck Rd. 9
Survived
Fisherman (visscher)Demesmaeker Alfred
son of Gerard and Léonie Van Wulpen; living in exile at Milford Haven, Starbuck Rd. 9
Survived
Fisherman (visscher)Remaut Leopold
son of Benjamin and Céline Bruneel; living in exile at Milford Haven, Warwick Rd. 14
Survived
Engineer (machinist)Messing Albert
son of Albert and Catharine Pouck; living in exile at Milford Haven, Upper Hill Street
Survived
Fireman (stoker)Cornu Gustaaf
son of Laurent and Sophie Zurraens; living in exile at Milford Haven, Priory Rd. 9
Survived
Fisherman (visscher)Allary Léonce
lost on 3 January 1918 when the O.131 was rammed by the O.55; son of Eduard and Charlotte Dewaele; living in exile at Milford Haven, Greville Rd. 8
Survived
Assistant Fireman (hulpstoker)Labeke Jean
son of Pierre and Léonie Lambrechts; living in exile at Milford Haven, Warwick Rd. 25
Survived
Fireman (stoker)Terpoorter Adolf
son of Louis and Mathilde Decoster; living in exile at Milford Haven, Robert Street 52
Survived
Assistant Fireman (hulpstoker)Dewitte Frans
hit in the leg by a shell splinter; admitted to the hospital at Penzance; son of David and Pauline Timmermans; living in exile at Milford Haven, Charles Street 123
Wounded
Fisherman (visscher)Gonzales Achilles
son of Charles and Justine Zoete; living in exile at Milford Haven, Starbuck Rd. 70
Survived