AMBLE HARBOUR

BROOMHILL COAL COMPANY BOAT CREWS 1939

   When the National Register was compiled in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War the Broomhill Coal Company boats were in harbour along with the dredger, the Clifton Hall and the S/S Collier. Many of these ships and the men would not survive the War. The men are remembered on the Amble War Memorial and the Mercantile Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London.

   The S/S Togston was torpedoed and sunk on the 8^th March 1941 off the Norfolk coast. Eight of the nineteen crew were lost.

   The S/S Chevington was in convoy when it was torpedoed and sunk on the 12^th October 1941, again off the Norfolk coast. Seven crew and two gunners lost their lives.

   The S/S Hauxley was in convoy when it was torpedoed. It was taken in tow but sank on the 17^th October 1940 off the Norfolk coast. One crew member lost his life.

   The dredger S/S Coquet Mouth hit a mine just outside Amble Harbour on the 4^th July 1940. The majority of the crew were saved but three lost their lives.

   The MV Clifton Hall was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Red Sea on the 12^th June 1942. One Amble crew member lost his life.

   Those who died in World War II and who are listed below are marked by an asterisk.

 [Also see: Amble and District Merchant Navy Losses Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial]