Register of Deceased Seamen

Extracts from Register of Deceased Seamen relating to the Orkneys 1919-1924

Extracted from the Registers of Deceased Seamen held in the special collections archive of the Mitchell Library in Glasgow.

This list is presented in date order but you can sort the table - ascending or descending - by any column by clicking on the relevant header.

Surname First Name Age Rank Birth Place Last Known Abode Date of Death Cause Place Ship Comments
Lynch John 54 Fisherman Orkney Southend, Stromness 15/02/1919 Drowned Stromness St. Olo
Rud R 26 AB Orkney 6 Long Wynd, Kirkwall, Orkneys 14/06/1919 Drowned at sea Talus Sailing ship & missing
Sinclair John 25 AB Orkney Oglaby, Stromness 10/08/1919 Drowned Costantinople War Hamilton
Sinclair Alex. H
Master Orkney Kirkhouse, S. Parish, Sth Ronaldshay 07/11/1919 Drowned at sea Janet
Corsie J 64 Master Orkney 220 Wakefield St., East Ham., London 10/06/1920 Drowned at sea St. Boswells
Scott R.C. 41 Supernum. 2nd Eng Orkney Huateso, Rousay 11/08/1920 Cardiac Failure at sea Kashmir
Leslie James Sandison 28 Mate Orkney Vauxhall' Stronsay 20/12/1920 Result of a fall St. Louis Hosp. Boulogne-sur-Mer Tay
Gray William Duncan 28 Master Orkney Windwick, South Ronaldshay 09/10/1923 Drowned Thurso Harbour Royal Exchange sailing ship
Kirkness James 63 2nd Eng Orkney 5 Laverick Bank Rd, Leith 15/12/1923 Heart failure La Rochelle Hospital Morna disch. La Pallice 13/12/1923
Wylie Wm 50 Fisherman Orkney 24 Wellington St. Kirkwall 06/02/1924 Fall
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