Week 37 – 11th to 17th April 1915
Sunday 11th April 1915
Monday 12th April 1915
A huge explosion took place following from a fire, at an Admiralty store on Harbour Street, Lerwick.
Extensive damage was done to neighbouring properties and a large number of people were killed or injured.
Killed:
James S Mowatt, 15, Lerwick
James Watt, Lerwick.
James Wiseman, 36, Lerwick.
Arthur Hazell, 37, RNR, H M Trawler Eider ( H 459)
Robert Clark, 67, Mossbank.
Robert Luxton, Portsmouth HM Trawler Horatio (H 870)
George B Robertson, ? HM Trawler Horatio (H 870)
James Inkster, H M Drifter Boy Joe (FR 550)
F T Ellison, H M Trawler Horatio (H 870)
Charles Turner, H M Trawler Horatio (H 870)
George Ross, H M Trawler Eider ( H 459)
W T Amis, H M Trawler Eider ( H 459)
John Kirkby, H M Trawler Eider ( H 459)
Clarence Hall, H M Trawler Horatio (H 870)
John Ford, Temp Skipper, H M Trawler Sitvel (FD 49 Velia ( for further info on ship, courtesy of Bosuns Watch click on boats name))
John R Smith
James White
Sam Ashby
Mrs Ganson
John Tait
James Kerslake. H M Trawler, Horatio (H 870)
Gideon Watt
Injured:
Lieut Hopper RNR
Lieut Forbes, RNR, H M Trawler Sitvel
Joseph J Hughes , H M Trawler Sitvel.
Tuesday 13th April 1915
The Board of Trade announced that it was pleased to award the Silver Medal for Gallantry to a Norwegian seaman, A Wold Hansen of the steamer Catherine Cuneo, for rescuing a deckhand from H M Drifter Daisy (possibly FR 270) who had fallen into the harbour at Kirkwall.
Wednesday 14th April 1915
The Aberdeen trawler A 605 Glencarse was taken as a prize by U 6 ( Commander: Reinhold Lepsius) and taken to Sylt.The crew were taken prisoner.
Thursday 15th April 1915
It was reported that German warships had seized a number of Ijmuiden trawlers, IJM 166 Nicolaas, IJM ? Een, IJM ? Twee, IJM ? Rynland and taken them to Cuxhaven.
The Aberdeen trawler A Fisher Prince landed eight survivors from a Swedish steamer the Folke which had sunk after an explosion twenty miles off Peterhead. They had successfully taken to their lifeboat as she sank. The trawler had searched unsuccessfully, for five hours, for a second lifeboat. The second lifeboat and her occupants were later found by the Fraserburgh trawler FR 239 North Cape.
It was reported that James Donald Stephen of Fraserburgh, engineer on H M Drifter Egbert (FR 481), was drowned when he fell into the harbour at Portsmouth.
Friday 16th April 1915
The Swansea trawler SA 57 Caswell put into Swansea, the skipper having been found in his cabin with his throat cut.
Saturday 17th April 1915