daggers Posted 5 February , 2016 Share Posted 5 February , 2016 "HANS WOERMAN" GERMAN PRIZE SHIP. The words above are entered in the ships/regiments column of the Liverpool Town Hall Roll of Honour. The name and rank in the first column are: PETTIPON, BOS'N A. There are some all-knowing people here, so I am hoping that someone might be able to tell me more about the bos'n. He is not on CWGC. I have seen a few items about the ship, via Google. Daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonmate Posted 6 February , 2016 Share Posted 6 February , 2016 No hits on the various Ratings databases for RN/RNVR/RNR for this name at all. This ship was named thus ( HANS WOERMANN) from 1900 to 1914 when it was captured by HMS Cumberland and re-named s s Gold Coast under the new ownership of Elder Line, running from UK to West Africa. It was torpedoed off Kinsale, Ireland, on 19 April 1917. There may be a Prize account in Kew records, (ADM 238 series) where I might expect to see your man Pettipon's cut of the salvage money.I have seen such things before for other WW1 acquisitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 6 February , 2016 Share Posted 6 February , 2016 Prize court proceedings here? http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9709953 There are various TNA records relating to the HANS WOERMANN from 1911 onwards http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_p=1900&_q=Hans+Woermann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 7 February , 2016 Author Share Posted 7 February , 2016 Thanks for your interest. Late reply as I was not on the keyboard yesterday. I shall try to follow up on those leads. Daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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