Son of the late Robert & Amelia Davison;
husband of Rosa Davison, of Kincraig St., Roath, Cardiff.
Born at Linthorpe, Middlesbrough (45)
ALGARVE SS was a defensively armed British Cargo Steamer of 1,274grt,
built in 1898 ...
On the 20th October 1917 when 15 miles Wsw from Portland Bill she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine UB-38 when
on route from Rouen to Swansea in ballast.
21 lives lost including Master. (© Allen Tony)
Master was Captain Patrick George Lewis (44)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10128
Son of the late Robert & Amelia Davison;
husband of Rosa Davison, of Kincraig St., Roath, Cardiff.
Born at Linthorpe, Middlesbrough (45)
ALGARVE SS was a defensively armed British Cargo Steamer of 1,274grt,
built in 1898 ...
On the 20th October 1917 when 15 miles Wsw from Portland Bill she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine UB-38 when
on route from Rouen to Swansea in ballast.
21 lives lost including Master. (© Allen Tony)
Master was Captain Patrick George Lewis (44)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10128
Inscription
Mercantile Marine
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement