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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)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |