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Could anyone help me "Please" find out if as rumoured my great granddad died on board The Trawler H1016 Scapa Flow 28/01/1925 "Thank You" (Brewer)

The trawler is mentioned in this list

http://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/discover/pdf/lost_trawlermen.pdf

What was his name?

Andy

What was his name George?

There's a few newspaper articles with names I can check

Heres a few names from an article re compensation for the relatives dated Oct 1925:

Ernest Middleton 23
Thomas Charles Edmund Chapman
Walter George Stockton
Samuel John Baranby
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Hull Daily Mail - Friday 20 February 1925

SCAPA FLOW MYSTERY
Owners Still Paying Men's Relatives

There is still now news of the Hull Trawler, Scapa Flow, which, as is well known, is considerably overdue upon an Iceland voyage.
Although hopes of her return have not been abandoned, it is feared she has encountered a heavy gale on her homeward bound journey, or has struck rocks to the north of Scotland.
The owners, the Jutland Almalgamated Trawlers Ltd, have not yet given up hope, and payments were still being made to the crew's relatives today.
The Scapa Flow which was formerly called the 'Peary', was a tonnage of 289 gross and 115 net, She was built in 1913 by Messrs Cochrane and Sons Ltd. of Selby, and was classed A1.

If he was a namesake of yours, then this might be him (ie not on H1016):

BREWER,George.(46),210 St.George's rd,Hull.[Skipper]
Lost overboard,s.t.ST.CLAIR H803
Off Iceland,15th NOVEMBER,1921.

http://issuu.com/deckielearner/docs/lost_trawlermen

but if not, please let us know his name.

Gritty Surname Brewer I Think John Richard Thanks That's one of his brothers

There is this death at sea, but several years earlier and he was quite young, so probably not your ancestor:

First name(s) John
Last name Brewer
Gender Male
Birth year 1894
Birth date 9 Nov 1894
Birth place Birmingham
Death year 1917
Death date 5 Jun 1917
Age 22
Departure port -
Series ADM 242
Box 0007
Service RNR
Record set Deaths at sea, 1781-1968
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Did his son John Richard (Jack) Brewer also die aboard a missing trawler in Hull in 1940? Just spotted an article on it (with a photo of John Richard Brewer)- maybe coincidence, but let me know if it's of interest and I'll send it

George, I can't see a Brewer mentioned in any of the articles. One article states FEARED LOSS OF 13 LIVES, it states that 7 of them were married men.

Yes Gritty We are all related. There's Christopher Brewer n H.M.S. Minotaur 1810. George Brewer St. Clair 1921 one on H.M.S. Fifeshire 1940 one on S.S .Empire Express 1940. and the one on Scapa flow 1925 I can't find. This info comes from Robert Brewer b. 1953 Hull who says its his granddad. Could be his mothers side surname Rhodes.

Other surnames mentioned Whurr, Martin & Robertson.

Perhaps this man?

RHODES,William.(-),Westbourne-ter,Westbourne st,Hull.[2nd/Engineer]
Lost with all hands,s/t.SCAPA FLOW H1016
Foundered at Iceland ,28th JANUARY,1925

http://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/discover/pdf/lost_trawlermen.pdf

Found a short mention of William H Rhodes in the paper with a photo- I'll send it to you

Thanks Very much That is the exact one. They lived Westbourne Street He confused me by saying his granddad I assumed he meant on our side and I'd got my tree all wrong as so many of our side were lost at sea. Give me more info for my tree Thanks.

Thanks again for your Time and interest

Glad I could help George

Gritty Could you please send me That Photo of John Richard Brewer Thanks

Have sent it George

Thanks. Gritty, Read it just looking for the name of wife that it says he had.
Been searching for years Thanks Could their be a Will somewhere. I don't know how to find that out
Regards George