Fireman William Barry
The Mercantile Mariner
SS "Adela" (Dublin)

aged 35.
Son of James and Mary Ann Barry [d. 6 Aug. 1933, 31 Commons St.].
Husband of Mary Barry (nee McKay), of 31, Leland Place, Common St., Dublin. Born at Dublin.

Birth.
William Barry, son of James Barry and Ann Barry, formerly Hampson, was born on 14 June 1882, at 34 Commons Street, Dublin.
His father was a Sailor.

Marriage.
William Barry, a bachelor, a Sailor, from 31 Commons Street, son of James Barry, a Sailor, married Mary McKeag, a spinster, from 1 Leland Place, daughter of John McKeag, a Labourer, on 5 March 1908, at The Church of St. Laurence O'Toole, Seville Place, Dublin.
The witnesses were,
Charles Sweetman,
Mary Barry.

The family were recorded in the 1911 census at 33 Mayor Street, Dublin.
present were
William Barry, aged 28, married, a Ships Fireman,
Mary, his wife, aged 28, married.
They had been married 2 years and had 2 children
William, son, aged 1 year 9 Months, [b. 13 July 1909, 23 Lr. Mayor St.]
Eileen, daughter, aged 7 (?)

John Joseph Barry, b. 21 Aug. 1911, 33 Lr. Mayor St.
James Barry, b. 10 Jan. 1914, 31 Leland Place,
Michael Barry, b. 6 Oct. 1916, 31 Leland Place,

William Barry
was a brother-in-law of
George Jones
who also worked onboard SS "Adela".

SS "Adela" was a defensively armed Merchant Ship that was enroute from Dublin to Liverpool. The principal cargo was cattle. It left Dublin at 5.00pm on Thursday 27 December 1917. It was sunk later that night at about 11.30pm, when 12 miles NW of Skerries, Anglesey, North Wales, by German Submarine U-100, with the loss of 24 lives.

The SS "Adela" was torpedoed at 11.30pm on 27 December 1917.
There was only one survivor, Captain Michael Tyrrell.
It is known that about 6 of the crew managed to get into a lifeboat, but later drowned.
Given their recorded date of death of 28 December 1917, it would appear that these men were Samuel James Burrowes, Patrick Corcoran, Alexander Donaldson, John Mackey, Frank Mangan and Andrew Walsh.
It is believed that four bodies were recovered later, but who they were, and where they were buried is unknown.

Those of the crew who died were,
William Barry a Fireman
of Leland Place, Common Street, North Docks, Dublin
Samuel James Burrowes Chief Engineer
of Palmerston Road, Rathmines, Dublin
Peter Byrne Winchman/Craneman
of Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin
William Henderson Caldwell Second Engineer
of Kirkdale, Liverpool
Patrick Connolly Carpenter
of 335 Grafton Street, Liverpool
Patrick Corcoran Cattleman
of 77 Townsend Street, Dublin
Frederick William Davey Able Seaman, Royal Navy, (Gunner)
of 3 Crofton Avenue, Kingstown
Alexander Donaldson Steward
of 38 Cowper Road, Old Swan, Liverpool
James Farrell Cattleman
of 32 Bessborough Avenue, North Strand, Dublin
John Fisher Able Seaman
born at Greenock, Scotland
James Fortune Second Mate
of Hastings Street, Ringsend, Dublin
Patrick Halpin Able Seaman
of York Road, Kingstown
George Jones Able Seaman
of 7 Upper Erne Street, Dublin
Thomas Jones Fireman
of 100 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin.
Laurance Keegan Cattleman
of Coolock, Co. Dublin.
John Mackey Fireman
of 17 Upper Oriel Street, North Wall, Dublin.
Frank Mangan Fireman
of Guild Street, North Wall, Dublin.
Joseph Michael Manning Able Seaman
of 64 Dock Street, Ringsend, Dublin.
Patrick McCallum Able Seaman
of Lower Mount Street, Dublin.
Charles R. Pescod First Mate
of 36 Dacy Road, Anfield, Liverpool.
Henry James Pitt Royal Marine Artillery Gunner
Andrew Walsh Donkeyman
of 8 Tighe's Cottages, Newfoundland Street, North Wall, Dublin.
Christopher Wolfe Winchman
of 22 Leland Place, Commons Street, North Wall, Dublin.

One passenger
Christina Kavanagh
of 25 Queen's Square, Great Brunswick Street.

The sole survivor, the Master
Captain Michael John Tyrrell