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Deck'Boy' John James Hancock

Birth
Death
6 Jan 1940
Burial
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Add to Map
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- MV "British Liberty" (Tanker)
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MV "British Liberty" (Tanker)

Son of Thomas John & Catherine Hancock, of Port Tennant, Swansea,

(age 16)


Prince Gary on 07/08/2020:

► -----on 6 January 1940. MV British Liberty hit a mine at 16:20 in fog however the ship did not immediately sink. That evening the tugs attempted to tow the MV British Liberty out of the minefield but unfortunately the MV British Liberty hit another mine while being towed. The following series of explosions sunk the MV British Liberty killing all those aboard.

► The British tanker British Liberty hit a (allied) mine and sank NE of Dyck lightvessel.

Twenty-five of her crew were killed.-- (Vleggeert Nico on 27/03/2009)

Master was Captain Thomas Templeton

Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73328

MV "British Liberty" (Tanker)

Son of Thomas John & Catherine Hancock, of Port Tennant, Swansea,

(age 16)


Prince Gary on 07/08/2020:

► -----on 6 January 1940. MV British Liberty hit a mine at 16:20 in fog however the ship did not immediately sink. That evening the tugs attempted to tow the MV British Liberty out of the minefield but unfortunately the MV British Liberty hit another mine while being towed. The following series of explosions sunk the MV British Liberty killing all those aboard.

► The British tanker British Liberty hit a (allied) mine and sank NE of Dyck lightvessel.

Twenty-five of her crew were killed.-- (Vleggeert Nico on 27/03/2009)

Master was Captain Thomas Templeton

Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73328

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