Stewardess Sarah Jane McClean Arnott
The Mercantile Marine
S.S. "Hare" (Liverpool)
Birth.
Sarah Jane McClean, daughter of William McClean and Dorah McClean, formerly Leech, was born on 7 February 1876, at Malahide, Co. Dublin.
Her father was a Plumber.
Sarah McClean married Henry Arnott on 22 July 1899, at Edinburgh, Scotland.
In the 1901 census, Sarah was recorded at Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin
She was aged 25, married, born in Co. Dublin
Her son, Henry William , aged 10 months, was with her
They were living at the home of her mother Dora McLean aged 52. [d. 4 Mar. 1916]
3 of her siblings were also present.
Her husband Henry Arnott was serving in the British Army in South Africa in the Boer War.
In the 1911 census, Sarah was recorded at Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon [7km west of Boyle]
She was aged 35, working as a Cook in the home of Benjamin & Kathleen Lefroy.
She was married, with 3 children, who were elsewhere.
Henry was aged 10, a pupil at Vaughan Charter School, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh
Andrew was aged 9, living in an Orphanage at Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire
Rhoda was aged 6, living at the Cottage Home for Little Children, Corrig Road, Dun Laoghaire
At the time of her death, she was living at Seville Place, North side of the River Liffey, Dublin.
In the week 11- 17 December 1917, German Submarine U-62 sank 4 vessels off the coast of Ireland, Oldfield Grange, Formby, Hare and Coningbeg.
S.S. "Hare" was was a small coastal shipping vessel, 614 grt, built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1886, as a passenger/cargo ship.
After the commencement of German Submarine attacks on coastal shipping in 1915, it was defensively armed with a 4.7" [100mm] gun, mounted aft.
In previous years up to May 1917, the ship had been chartered to carry casks of Guinness Stout from Dublin to Liverpool.
On Thursday 13 December 1917, Hare left Manchester, England, bound for Dublin, Ireland, with a general cargo, principally Foodstuff. It was torpedoed, without warning, by U-62 when it was approx. 7 miles east of the Kish Lightship in Dublin Bay. This is approximately the same location in which R.M.S. "Leinster" was sunk in 1918. There were 23 people on board, of whom 12 drowned.
One of the survivors later stated that he saw Mrs. Arnott being assisted into one of the lifeboats, which was later damaged and capsized.
Her body was not recovered.
Those who died in the sinking of S.S. "Hare" were commemorated on the Merchant Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London.
Two Royal Navy Gunners are also commemorated on other memorials [Place Noted]
Sarah Jane née McClean Arnott Stewardess
John Boyle Fireman
William Byrne Fireman
Daniel Eley Cook
Donald Gilchrist Second Mate
Joseph Hopkins Able Seaman
Lachlen Mac Fadyen Carpenter
Joseph Edward Swords Mate
Robert William Travers Leading Seaman, Royal Navy Reserve, [Portsmouth Naval Memorial]
Charles Henry Walsh Fireman
John Edward Walters Able Seaman, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, [Chatham Naval Memorial]
James Wilson First Engineer
The survivors were
Thomas Brown, Donkeyman, from Ringsend, Dublin, d. 1944
Alexander Carmichael, Captain, from Salford, Manchester
John Conlon, Able Seaman, from Dublin, d. 1954
Richard Daly, Fireman, from Clarence St. Dublin, d. 1927
John Forde, Bullock Man, from Dublin
John Hunt, Donkeyman, from Dublin
Patrick Keown, Able Seaman, from Dublin
Edward Lyons, Greaser, from Longford
William McGowan, Able Seaman, From Ringsend d. 1961
John Munro Smith, Second Engineer, from Church Road, East Wall, Dublin. born in Scotland.
Christopher Tallant, Able Seaman, from Dalkey, d. 1945
The Mercantile Marine
S.S. "Hare" (Liverpool)
Birth.
Sarah Jane McClean, daughter of William McClean and Dorah McClean, formerly Leech, was born on 7 February 1876, at Malahide, Co. Dublin.
Her father was a Plumber.
Sarah McClean married Henry Arnott on 22 July 1899, at Edinburgh, Scotland.
In the 1901 census, Sarah was recorded at Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin
She was aged 25, married, born in Co. Dublin
Her son, Henry William , aged 10 months, was with her
They were living at the home of her mother Dora McLean aged 52. [d. 4 Mar. 1916]
3 of her siblings were also present.
Her husband Henry Arnott was serving in the British Army in South Africa in the Boer War.
In the 1911 census, Sarah was recorded at Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon [7km west of Boyle]
She was aged 35, working as a Cook in the home of Benjamin & Kathleen Lefroy.
She was married, with 3 children, who were elsewhere.
Henry was aged 10, a pupil at Vaughan Charter School, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh
Andrew was aged 9, living in an Orphanage at Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire
Rhoda was aged 6, living at the Cottage Home for Little Children, Corrig Road, Dun Laoghaire
At the time of her death, she was living at Seville Place, North side of the River Liffey, Dublin.
In the week 11- 17 December 1917, German Submarine U-62 sank 4 vessels off the coast of Ireland, Oldfield Grange, Formby, Hare and Coningbeg.
S.S. "Hare" was was a small coastal shipping vessel, 614 grt, built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1886, as a passenger/cargo ship.
After the commencement of German Submarine attacks on coastal shipping in 1915, it was defensively armed with a 4.7" [100mm] gun, mounted aft.
In previous years up to May 1917, the ship had been chartered to carry casks of Guinness Stout from Dublin to Liverpool.
On Thursday 13 December 1917, Hare left Manchester, England, bound for Dublin, Ireland, with a general cargo, principally Foodstuff. It was torpedoed, without warning, by U-62 when it was approx. 7 miles east of the Kish Lightship in Dublin Bay. This is approximately the same location in which R.M.S. "Leinster" was sunk in 1918. There were 23 people on board, of whom 12 drowned.
One of the survivors later stated that he saw Mrs. Arnott being assisted into one of the lifeboats, which was later damaged and capsized.
Her body was not recovered.
Those who died in the sinking of S.S. "Hare" were commemorated on the Merchant Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London.
Two Royal Navy Gunners are also commemorated on other memorials [Place Noted]
Sarah Jane née McClean Arnott Stewardess
John Boyle Fireman
William Byrne Fireman
Daniel Eley Cook
Donald Gilchrist Second Mate
Joseph Hopkins Able Seaman
Lachlen Mac Fadyen Carpenter
Joseph Edward Swords Mate
Robert William Travers Leading Seaman, Royal Navy Reserve, [Portsmouth Naval Memorial]
Charles Henry Walsh Fireman
John Edward Walters Able Seaman, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, [Chatham Naval Memorial]
James Wilson First Engineer
The survivors were
Thomas Brown, Donkeyman, from Ringsend, Dublin, d. 1944
Alexander Carmichael, Captain, from Salford, Manchester
John Conlon, Able Seaman, from Dublin, d. 1954
Richard Daly, Fireman, from Clarence St. Dublin, d. 1927
John Forde, Bullock Man, from Dublin
John Hunt, Donkeyman, from Dublin
Patrick Keown, Able Seaman, from Dublin
Edward Lyons, Greaser, from Longford
William McGowan, Able Seaman, From Ringsend d. 1961
John Munro Smith, Second Engineer, from Church Road, East Wall, Dublin. born in Scotland.
Christopher Tallant, Able Seaman, from Dalkey, d. 1945
Stewardess Sarah Jane McClean Arnott
The Mercantile Marine
S.S. "Hare" (Liverpool)
Birth.
Sarah Jane McClean, daughter of William McClean and Dorah McClean, formerly Leech, was born on 7 February 1876, at Malahide, Co. Dublin.
Her father was a Plumber.
Sarah McClean married Henry Arnott on 22 July 1899, at Edinburgh, Scotland.
In the 1901 census, Sarah was recorded at Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin
She was aged 25, married, born in Co. Dublin
Her son, Henry William , aged 10 months, was with her
They were living at the home of her mother Dora McLean aged 52. [d. 4 Mar. 1916]
3 of her siblings were also present.
Her husband Henry Arnott was serving in the British Army in South Africa in the Boer War.
In the 1911 census, Sarah was recorded at Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon [7km west of Boyle]
She was aged 35, working as a Cook in the home of Benjamin & Kathleen Lefroy.
She was married, with 3 children, who were elsewhere.
Henry was aged 10, a pupil at Vaughan Charter School, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh
Andrew was aged 9, living in an Orphanage at Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire
Rhoda was aged 6, living at the Cottage Home for Little Children, Corrig Road, Dun Laoghaire
At the time of her death, she was living at Seville Place, North side of the River Liffey, Dublin.
In the week 11- 17 December 1917, German Submarine U-62 sank 4 vessels off the coast of Ireland, Oldfield Grange, Formby, Hare and Coningbeg.
S.S. "Hare" was was a small coastal shipping vessel, 614 grt, built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1886, as a passenger/cargo ship.
After the commencement of German Submarine attacks on coastal shipping in 1915, it was defensively armed with a 4.7" [100mm] gun, mounted aft.
In previous years up to May 1917, the ship had been chartered to carry casks of Guinness Stout from Dublin to Liverpool.
On Thursday 13 December 1917, Hare left Manchester, England, bound for Dublin, Ireland, with a general cargo, principally Foodstuff. It was torpedoed, without warning, by U-62 when it was approx. 7 miles east of the Kish Lightship in Dublin Bay. This is approximately the same location in which R.M.S. "Leinster" was sunk in 1918. There were 23 people on board, of whom 12 drowned.
One of the survivors later stated that he saw Mrs. Arnott being assisted into one of the lifeboats, which was later damaged and capsized.
Her body was not recovered.
Those who died in the sinking of S.S. "Hare" were commemorated on the Merchant Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London.
Two Royal Navy Gunners are also commemorated on other memorials [Place Noted]
Sarah Jane née McClean Arnott Stewardess
John Boyle Fireman
William Byrne Fireman
Daniel Eley Cook
Donald Gilchrist Second Mate
Joseph Hopkins Able Seaman
Lachlen Mac Fadyen Carpenter
Joseph Edward Swords Mate
Robert William Travers Leading Seaman, Royal Navy Reserve, [Portsmouth Naval Memorial]
Charles Henry Walsh Fireman
John Edward Walters Able Seaman, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, [Chatham Naval Memorial]
James Wilson First Engineer
The survivors were
Thomas Brown, Donkeyman, from Ringsend, Dublin, d. 1944
Alexander Carmichael, Captain, from Salford, Manchester
John Conlon, Able Seaman, from Dublin, d. 1954
Richard Daly, Fireman, from Clarence St. Dublin, d. 1927
John Forde, Bullock Man, from Dublin
John Hunt, Donkeyman, from Dublin
Patrick Keown, Able Seaman, from Dublin
Edward Lyons, Greaser, from Longford
William McGowan, Able Seaman, From Ringsend d. 1961
John Munro Smith, Second Engineer, from Church Road, East Wall, Dublin. born in Scotland.
Christopher Tallant, Able Seaman, from Dalkey, d. 1945
The Mercantile Marine
S.S. "Hare" (Liverpool)
Birth.
Sarah Jane McClean, daughter of William McClean and Dorah McClean, formerly Leech, was born on 7 February 1876, at Malahide, Co. Dublin.
Her father was a Plumber.
Sarah McClean married Henry Arnott on 22 July 1899, at Edinburgh, Scotland.
In the 1901 census, Sarah was recorded at Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin
She was aged 25, married, born in Co. Dublin
Her son, Henry William , aged 10 months, was with her
They were living at the home of her mother Dora McLean aged 52. [d. 4 Mar. 1916]
3 of her siblings were also present.
Her husband Henry Arnott was serving in the British Army in South Africa in the Boer War.
In the 1911 census, Sarah was recorded at Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon [7km west of Boyle]
She was aged 35, working as a Cook in the home of Benjamin & Kathleen Lefroy.
She was married, with 3 children, who were elsewhere.
Henry was aged 10, a pupil at Vaughan Charter School, Irvinestown, Co. Fermanagh
Andrew was aged 9, living in an Orphanage at Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire
Rhoda was aged 6, living at the Cottage Home for Little Children, Corrig Road, Dun Laoghaire
At the time of her death, she was living at Seville Place, North side of the River Liffey, Dublin.
In the week 11- 17 December 1917, German Submarine U-62 sank 4 vessels off the coast of Ireland, Oldfield Grange, Formby, Hare and Coningbeg.
S.S. "Hare" was was a small coastal shipping vessel, 614 grt, built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1886, as a passenger/cargo ship.
After the commencement of German Submarine attacks on coastal shipping in 1915, it was defensively armed with a 4.7" [100mm] gun, mounted aft.
In previous years up to May 1917, the ship had been chartered to carry casks of Guinness Stout from Dublin to Liverpool.
On Thursday 13 December 1917, Hare left Manchester, England, bound for Dublin, Ireland, with a general cargo, principally Foodstuff. It was torpedoed, without warning, by U-62 when it was approx. 7 miles east of the Kish Lightship in Dublin Bay. This is approximately the same location in which R.M.S. "Leinster" was sunk in 1918. There were 23 people on board, of whom 12 drowned.
One of the survivors later stated that he saw Mrs. Arnott being assisted into one of the lifeboats, which was later damaged and capsized.
Her body was not recovered.
Those who died in the sinking of S.S. "Hare" were commemorated on the Merchant Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London.
Two Royal Navy Gunners are also commemorated on other memorials [Place Noted]
Sarah Jane née McClean Arnott Stewardess
John Boyle Fireman
William Byrne Fireman
Daniel Eley Cook
Donald Gilchrist Second Mate
Joseph Hopkins Able Seaman
Lachlen Mac Fadyen Carpenter
Joseph Edward Swords Mate
Robert William Travers Leading Seaman, Royal Navy Reserve, [Portsmouth Naval Memorial]
Charles Henry Walsh Fireman
John Edward Walters Able Seaman, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, [Chatham Naval Memorial]
James Wilson First Engineer
The survivors were
Thomas Brown, Donkeyman, from Ringsend, Dublin, d. 1944
Alexander Carmichael, Captain, from Salford, Manchester
John Conlon, Able Seaman, from Dublin, d. 1954
Richard Daly, Fireman, from Clarence St. Dublin, d. 1927
John Forde, Bullock Man, from Dublin
John Hunt, Donkeyman, from Dublin
Patrick Keown, Able Seaman, from Dublin
Edward Lyons, Greaser, from Longford
William McGowan, Able Seaman, From Ringsend d. 1961
John Munro Smith, Second Engineer, from Church Road, East Wall, Dublin. born in Scotland.
Christopher Tallant, Able Seaman, from Dalkey, d. 1945
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