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K 17
12
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: K1
Fate: Submarine K17 was lost on the night of 31st January 1918. The submarine, which had been steaming on the surface in formation during a night exercise, was hit by HMS Fearless.

K17 had altered course to avoid a collision with two trawlers that had been sighted. HMS Fearless, which was following K17, hit the submarine at 21 knots.

Many of the crew managed to abandon ship before the submarine sank but were run down whilst in the water by escorting Destroyers which were unaware that any accident had taken place. The incident in which K17 was lost came to be referred to as the 'Battle of May Island'.

Look up K 17 in the Boat Database

 
SS 2844
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 27
Agnew, William
Able Seaman
213863
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 33
Berriman, Thomas Henry
Able Seaman
238786
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 29
Drake, Arthur Rayment
Able Seaman
J 10934
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 25
Gibbs, John
Able Seaman
J 9547
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Hammond, Francis
Able Seaman
J 24810
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 22
Lightbody, Henry George
Able Seaman
J 12871
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Montgomery, Joseph Robert
Able Seaman
J20766
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 22
Nettleton, Harold
Able Seaman
J 10440
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Samuel, Frederick
Able Seaman
225581
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 30
Wheble, Henry Havelock
Able Seaman
J 6137
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
White, Alfred
Able Seaman
270632
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 38
Gibson, Isaac
Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class
186086
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 38
Case, Charles DSM
Chief Petty Officer
M 632
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 30
Adams, Albert Victor
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
M 7565
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 29
Myott, Dominick
Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class
M 8692
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 29
Brown, Jack Glanfield
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
M 13296
Born: 30th Oct, 1885.
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 32
Herring, Harold Louis
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
RN DoB 30/10/1886
J 1069
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 25
Finch, William
Leading Seaman
211672
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 33
Gill, Robert
Leading Seaman
J 16056
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 21
Hosking, Cecil James
Leading Seaman
223356
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 31
Meadmore, Edward James DSM
Leading Seaman
J 1181
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 25
Simpson, Albert Edward
Leading Seaman
At birth Sinfield Albert Edward Served as Simpson Albert Edward.
239571
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 25
Cooper, William Wilcox
Leading Signalman
K 6363
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 26
Cook, William James
Leading Stoker
K 11623
Born: 13th Jul, 1890.
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 27
Gale, William John
Leading Stoker
RN DoB 13/07/1892
K10609
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 27
Tilley, Edmund
Leading Stoker
J 8438
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Knight, George Alexander
Leading Telegraphist
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 26
Tyrrell, Hugo William Louis
Lieutenant
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 22
Warde, Cecil
Lieutenant
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 32
Hearn, Henry John MID
Lieutenant Commander
Commanding Officer
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 18
Cunningham, Ernest Semple
Midshipman
227154
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 30
Cooley, William Clark
Petty Officer
L 2005
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 25
Savage, Charles Henry
Steward
K 18963
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 24
Binnington, Charles Edward
Stoker 1st Class
At birth Bishop, Charles Edward, Served as Binnington Charles Edward
K 13078
Born: 15th Jul, 1894.
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Blackman, James
Stoker 1st Class
RN DoB 15/07/1893
SS 115673
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 22
Caress, Henry Alfred
Stoker 1st Class
K 17477
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Carter, William James Frederick
Stoker 1st Class
K 22444
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 22
De Bank, Arthur George David
Stoker 1st Class
K 20796
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Jones, Edward
Stoker 1st Class
SS 115292
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 22
Knowles, James Edward
Stoker 1st Class
SS 114477
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
McDonald, John
Stoker 1st Class
K 27466
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Ricketts, Henry Leonard
Stoker 1st Class
K 22599
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 23
Sangster, Leo Frederick Murray MID
Stoker 1st Class
309458
Born: 26th Jun, 1888.
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 29
Morris, Ernest Frank
Stoker Petty Officer
RN DoB 26/12/1887.
284013
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 41
Nolan, Patrick
Stoker Petty Officer
311292
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 29
Savage, Charles
Stoker Petty Officer
At birth Savage, Charles Ketteridge Served as Savage, Charles.
J55202
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 18
Lord, Frederick Edwin
Telegraphist
Died: 31st Jan, 1918.
Aged: 25
Antram, Herbert Wilkins (RNR)
Temporary Lieutenant

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

A Tribute To Submariners

I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.

There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.

It is the most dangerous of all services.

That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.

I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.

Winston Churchill


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