Fishing Smack BM321

[Biggles]

Hello all,

 

I cannot find details of this fishing smack, registered Brixham, No. BM321.  Can anyone tell me the name (Terminist?) of this vessel and any details of service?

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheers,

Caleb

[helpjpl]

1.  Here she is:

http://www.freedom-computers.co.uk/zone6/Vessels_479.html

 

Misnamed here:

 

 

2.  Edit @ 09:53:

http://brixhammuseum.uk/onewebmedia/WWI_Booklet_LowRes_A4.pdf

 

3.  UB 37 - see 28 November 1916:

https://uboat.net/wwi/boats/successes/ub37.html

 

4.  Brixham Museum:

https://brixhammuseum.uk/contact us.html

 

 

JP

Edited 21 September , 2019 by helpjpl

[helpjpl]

findmypast newspaper archive - attack on the Brixham fishing fleet by UB 37 on 28 November 1916 (I don't have a subscription):

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers?date=1916-12-01&date_offsetdate=1916-12-07&lastname=amphitrite&exactnames=true&exactkeywords=false&_=1569060220141&page=0

 

JP

[DavidOwen]

A brief mention in a Brixham pamphlet - names the ship's cook. http://brixhammuseum.uk/onewebmedia/WWI_Booklet_LowRes_A4.pdf

 

Looks like his medal card here https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7982511

 

Even more interesting, George joined the RAF in 1919... FMP link possibly more to come....

 

.......There are RNR records for him at TNA - he enrolled July 1921 - multiple references to him under a number of service numbers but all seem to be similar records when viewed via preview: one example https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8488385 

 

[helpjpl]

1911 Census (courtesy of ancestry) - George Loram Bridge, father, and George Loram Bridge, son, of Brixham:

 

 

JP

[helpjpl]

34 minutes ago, DavidOwen said:

A brief mention in a Brixham pamphlet - names the ship's cook. http://brixhammuseum.uk/onewebmedia/WWI_Booklet_LowRes_A4.pdf

 

Looks like his medal card here https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7982511

 

Even more interesting, George joined the RAF in 1919... FMP link possibly more to come....

 

.......There are RNR records for him at TNA - he enrolled July 1921 - multiple references to him under a number of service numbers but all seem to be similar records when viewed via preview: one example https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8488385 

 

 

At this stage we don't know if it was the father George Loram Bridge, fisherman, on board the Terminist on 28 November 1916 or his son George Loram Bridge or maybe both.

See 1911 census in #5.

 

JP

[DavidOwen]

5 minutes ago, helpjpl said:

 

At this stage we don't know if it was the father George Loram Bridge, fisherman, on board the Terminist on 28 November 1916 or his son George Loram Bridge or maybe both.

See 1911 census in #5.

 

JP

Good point JP.

David

[DavidOwen]

In 1913 the father was on board Wilbertern as 2nd Hand - the master being a Samuel Loram (relative?) Wilbertern was trawling in the English Channel FMP link