Extracts from Register of Deceased Seamen relating to the Orkneys 1911-1913
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolson | Geo. | 39 | AB | Orkney | 12 Portberry St., South Shields | 02/07/1911 | Heart disease | Savona Hosp. | Kinross | |
| Ross | Hugh | 23 | Carpenter | Orkney | Stromness | 26/09/1911 | Drowned | Liverpool | Princess Patricia | |
| Corse | J. W. | 23 | Sailor | Orkney | Sailors' North Shields | 01/10/1911 | Drowned | North Sea | Hatfield | Vessel foundered |
| Linklater | T.M. | 60 | Master | Orkney | 21 Thornwood Av., Glasgow | 26/02/1912 | Drowned | Erna | ship missing | |
| Skea | Peter | 50 | Carpenter | Orkney | 17 Buchanan St., Leith | 30/08/1912 | Pneumonia | Tromso | Petunia | |
| Harvey | John Fraser | 19 | Apprentice | Orkney | Graham Place, Stromness | 09/02/1913 | Dysentery | Brit. Hosp. Buenos Aires | Ness | |
| Muir | Thomas | 40 | Fireman | Orkney | Kirkwall | 06/05/1913 | Drowned | Bordeaux | Boscastle | |
| Craib | John | 41 | Deckhand | Orkney | Findochty, Blantyre Place | 25/05/1913 | Cerebral Haemorrhage | Lerwick | Lizzie Flett | |
| Cursator | John | 28 | Deckhand | Orkney | S. Ronaldshay | 10/06/1913 | Drowned | at sea | Planet | |
| Sinclair | John | 62 | AB | Orkney | 4 Fort Pl., Leith | 22/10/1913 | Ruptured Intestines | Neufahrwasser | Coburg |