ss burutu

[joan-3]

Hello
I have just found that my grandfather was on the ss burutu when it sank in 1918
can anyone tell me were i can get more information on this .
thank you
joan

[MaryA]

Googling will get you quite a bit of some information.

The St James War Memorial Project (which I believe one of our members might be thanked for) has a Roll of Honour http://thewarmemorial.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... k-3rd.html
and also extracts from the book The Elder Dempster Fleet in the War, together with a list of casualties http://thewarmemorial.blogspot.co.uk/p/ss-burutu.html

Wikipedia has some information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Burutu_(1902) and this site will give you the sizes of the ship http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13768

[MaryA]

It would seem that the National Archives would hold some papers, apparently now digitized so they may be available to purchase online.

BT165/1804 has crew agreements filed under Ships' Official Number(ON) of 115280

A gentleman on the envisionzone website appears to have discovered some information about this, forgive me for linking to another forum, thereby practically stealing their research, but I'm not claiming it is mine. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forum ... pic=169122

[Bertieone]

info here

http://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/vessels ... ber=115280

[Katie]

Amanda may be able to give more information on this ship but not all who lost their lives are commemorated on CWGC I have two in my Roll of Honour index

S.S "Burutu"
Pitts
William
Liverpool
3rd October 1918
Lost at sea
No Record

S.S "Burutu"
Johnson
John H
Wavertree
3rd October 1918
Lost at sea
Husband of Florence M Johnson (nee Foster), of 96, Claremont Street, Wavertree
No Record

There may be reports in the local papers.

[joan-3]

thanks very much to all of you i will take a look to see what i can find

joan

[joan-3]

hello all

I have now found what i was looking for, my grandfather he did died on the ship when it was sunk

once again thank you
joan

[alcavtay]

Hi Joan,

Sorry I didn't get to post in time to be of help, I've been without my laptop for a few weeks and am only just getting back on track! I hope that you got a chance to look at the SS Burutu page on the St James Memorial blog, I do have a few other bits and pieces to do with the ship, do you mind sharing what your grandfather's name is? I'll see if he's mentioned in any of the other files.

Best wishes
Amanda

[joan-3]

hi amanda,
my grandfathers name was george kelly he was age 43 from liverpool

thanks
joan

[alcavtay]

The only thing I have for George Kelly is his entry in the Maritime Deaths Index, in case you haven't seen it:



Amanda

[joan-3]

Hi Amanda

Thanks for sending that for me

joan

[Katie]

Chris from the In from the Cold project sent me a list of those who lost their lives who have are Commemorated by the CWGC

001 BLACKBURN WG - SS BURUTU 03/10/1918 NIGERIAN MARINE
002 BLYTHE FA - SS BURUTU 03/10/1918 NIGERIAN MARINE
003 CHADWELL HF SUSSEX Z/547 SS BURUTU 03/10/1918 ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE
004 GRICE W BRISTOL/Z/6936 SS BURUTU 03/10/1918 ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE
005 HOLLIS WE BRISTOL/Z/6702 SS BURUTU 03/10/1918 ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE
006 LIDDELL FJ - SS BURUTU 03/10/1918 NIGERIAN MARINE
007 MATHIESON L - SS BURUTU 03/10/1918 NIGERIAN MARINE
008 SORENSEN CEC - SS BURUTU 03/10/1918 NIGERIAN MARINE


"What about the rest?"

[alcavtay]

The Burutu was a defensively armed passenger/cargo ship which sank when it collided with another British ship, there was no enemy action involved so only those in the Navy were entitled to commemoration, not the crew and passengers.

I've started looking into the newspaper reports and casualty lists for this sinking and there are a lot of discrepancies, even the Elder-Dempster 'official' list of crew casualties seems to be missing some names which appear on the Marine Deaths register.

Amanda

[joan-3]

Hi ,
Thanks again for your answers, looking more into this now.
joan

[dickiesam]

This may be of interest. Your grandfather is listed.
http://thewarmemorial.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... k-3rd.html

And this description of the sinking of RMS Burutu...
http://thewarmemorial.blogspot.co.uk/p/ss-burutu.html

[alcavtay]

Thanks Mary and DS, this thread is the first time I've seen my blog being suggested