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Sept. 10, 1917 the UC-51 under the command of
Oberleutnant zur See
Hans Galster
sank five sailing vessels off the Cornish coast. One of them, the Jane Williamson, was located at four in the afternoon. The survivors stated that the submarine shelled their ship and then fired on the men in the lifeboat killing three and badly wounding three others, including the master, who later died. They were picked up by a trawler the following morning, the bodies of the dead still in the lifeboat. A little more than a month later Galster and his crew would join the Jane Williamson on the bottom of the sea when the UC-51 struck a mine, none of the twenty-nine survived. |
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Roll of Honour |
In memory of those who lost their lives in Jane Williamson "As long as we embrace them in our memory, their spirit will always be with us" |
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Rate |
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Cassidy, J |
Ordinary Seaman |
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Deacon, J |
Ordinary Seaman |
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Kearon, Robert V. |
Master |
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Keegan, James |
Able Seaman |