peter4447 Posted 13 January , 2011 Share Posted 13 January , 2011 Trying to find details regarding the circumstance that led to the deaths of 310834 Leading Stoker Michael Riordan, K21679 Stoker 1st Class Alfred Moore and K31890 Stoker 1st Class Martin Perry. All are listed as drowned by the CWGC on the 21st January 1918 when serving in the destroyer HMS Locust. Any assistance greatly appreciated Peter4447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 13 January , 2011 Share Posted 13 January , 2011 I don't know how they died except by accident as they are listed in the casualty report as ' drowned' see http://www.naval-history.net/#WW1 However this is the date for the loss ofthe destroyers OPAL and NARBOROUGH off Scapa Flow during a violent storm so the storm may be the cause. Locust was an old B Class destroyer, launched 8th December 1896 at Laird, and was in the Scapa Flow LDF. It looks like an accident of some sort. Locust survived the War and was sold June 1919 for scrap. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter4447 Posted 13 January , 2011 Author Share Posted 13 January , 2011 Many thanks Malcolm. I have been doing some more 'digging' and now have the service record of L/Stkr Riordan to hand. This states that he lost his life when HMS Locust was in a collision, so I now need to track down more information on the collision itself. Kind regards and thanks again Peter4447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 13 January , 2011 Share Posted 13 January , 2011 Some sources for OPAL etc give 12th January some 21st. I don't think it was the 21st sorry. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 May , 2018 Share Posted 11 May , 2018 I have been doing some research into my family and Leading Stoker Michael Riordan was my great Grandfather. My grandmother had told me that she thought that he had been killed by a torpedo hitting the ship and that the stokers were the only persons killed. My young cousin had done a bit of research lately and said that it was a collision. I am keen to know if you have any other details. Many thanks, Hoppet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyredhead Posted 16 May , 2018 Share Posted 16 May , 2018 Hello Peter Malcolm & Hoppet I'm not much help with exact stuff, but on the Ships Nostalgia site a Santos linked this a picture of the crew https://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/earnest_class.htm#HMS Locust On this site which gives a brief history which states it went to the Firth of Forth January 1918 but no exact date https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=HMS Locust (1896) I looked on the Genealogist site, & for all 3 it states HMS Leander for Locust (which I didn't understand) Then on Ancestry for all 3 men it states Cause of Death: Killed or died by means other than disease, accident or enemy action However for Stoker 1st class Martin Perry, it has a further written record which say his last ship was HMS Leander & that he Lost his life when in collision with Locust, there is more information which I don't understand, a completely uneducated guess, perhaps changing ships, or changing and heading to Firth of Forth, but it says not by disease, accident or enemy action, so maybe a Naval expert can help, and your young cousin must be right Hope this at least helps a bit Regards Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmsk212 Posted 10 April , 2022 Share Posted 10 April , 2022 I know that this is an old thread but I came across this reference on the Service Sheet of a man who had served aboard HMS Locust. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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