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O.8 Marcelle
The First World War · All conflicts
- Type
- Fishing vessel
- Tonnage
- 87 GRT
- Home port
- Ostend
- Date
- 30 January 1917
- Fate
- shelled by a submarine twenty miles off Trevose Head; the third round carried away the bridge, a hit burst the boiler, and after an hour’s shelling she went down stern first; the eleven aboard rowed away in a leaking boat and were picked up by the smack The Sweet Heather
- Attacker
- U-55 (Wilhelm Werner)
Crew list (11 names)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skipper (schipper) | Wittrock Auguste drew up the sea report; later sailed the O.87 Emmanuel (1921-1923) and afterwards became a warehouseman with the Pêcherie à Vapeur; son of Pierre and Sabine Beuren; living in exile at Milford Haven, 7 George Street | Survived | |
| Mate (stuurman) | Pierre Emile sailed with his fifteen-year-old son Emile aboard; son of Theodore and Clemence Vanhoek; living in exile at Milford Haven, 12 Hakin Point | Survived | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | Ponjaert Jean son of Corneille and Marie Debruyne; lived aboard | Survived | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | Deley Polydor son of Charles and Elisabeth Vanbesien; living in exile at Milford Haven, 13 Albion Street | Survived | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | Van Acren Edouard son of Alphonse and Rosalie Ryckeman; living in exile at Milford Haven, Priory Cottage | Survived | |
| Fisherman (visscher) | Janssone Louis son of Michel and Melanie Lefevre; living in exile at Milford Haven, 13 Albion Street | Survived | |
| Ship's Boy (jongen) | Neuts Gustave his mother was a Wittrock and he lived at the same address as the skipper; son of Michel and Adèle Wittrock; living in exile at Milford Haven, 7 George Street | Survived | |
| Engineer (machinist) | Engelbrecht Jules son of Henri and Sophie Platvoet; living in exile at Milford Haven, 13 Mary Road | Survived | |
| Fireman (stoker) | Van den Ameele Jules son of Charles and Thérèse Tilliez; living in exile at Milford Haven, 7 Point Street | Survived | |
| Fireman (stoker) | Soete Jules son of Auguste and Louise Vanhee; living in exile at Milford Haven, 7 Hakin Point | Survived | |
| trimmer | Pierre jr. Emile son of mate Emile Pierre, with whom he shared an address; son of Emile and Marie Geryl; living in exile at Milford Haven, 12 Hakin Point | Survived |