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 | Norseman |