On 10 Dec 1941 the S. S. 'Nereus', which had departed from St. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, with a load of ore, was sailing alone when it disappeared at sea. No German submarine claimed to have sunk her. Her wreckage has never been found. [It is known that occasionally coal boats accidentally caught fire from coal residue accumulated in the hold].
Thought to have gone down in the Caribbean Sea, Nereus' 61 seamen comprising the ship's crew, including Senior 2nd Engineer Officer George Robinson, perished.
Military Service
Rank: Chief Engineer Officer
Age: 48
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Nave
Division: S.S. Nereus (Montreal, Quebec)
Husband of Hilda Robinson of Harton, England
Second Engineer George Robinson is commemorated on Page 219 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
On 10 Dec 1941 the S. S. 'Nereus', which had departed from St. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, with a load of ore, was sailing alone when it disappeared at sea. No German submarine claimed to have sunk her. Her wreckage has never been found. [It is known that occasionally coal boats accidentally caught fire from coal residue accumulated in the hold].
Thought to have gone down in the Caribbean Sea, Nereus' 61 seamen comprising the ship's crew, including Senior 2nd Engineer Officer George Robinson, perished.
Military Service
Rank: Chief Engineer Officer
Age: 48
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Nave
Division: S.S. Nereus (Montreal, Quebec)
Husband of Hilda Robinson of Harton, England
Second Engineer George Robinson is commemorated on Page 219 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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