Boy Sailor aboard the German Barque Hera, a four masted steel ship which was sailing from Chile to Falmouth with cargo of Nitrates. it was lost in a gale off Gull Rock on the night of January 31st/ February 1st. Nineteen members of the crew of 24 drowned and were buried together in the longest grave in Britain. 30 m in length.
Boy Sailor aboard the German Barque Hera, a four masted steel ship which was sailing from Chile to Falmouth with cargo of Nitrates. it was lost in a gale off Gull Rock on the night of January 31st/ February 1st. Nineteen members of the crew of 24 drowned and were buried together in the longest grave in Britain. 30 m in length.
Inscription
In Memory
of the Crew
Of the German vessel
Hera
Of Hamburg
Stranded on Gull Rock
1st of February 1914
Dedicated by the owners of the Vessel
Rhederei- Aktein- Gesellshaft
Von 1896, HamburgCaptain J Lorenz
I Officer L Muhleissen
2 Officer W Petersen
Cook F Wegner
Sailmaker K Hammer
Donkeyman A Marcinek
Sailor H Diebel
.. H Ahrens
.. K Huse
.. P Illner
.. A Witt
.. F Sondermann
.. H Muller
.. R Laske
.. W Meyer
.. W Smith
Boy H Bahr
.. C Clausen
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