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Military service
Rank:
Chief Officer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
SS Hilda R. schooner (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (126904)
Death:
November 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 3.
Additional information
The Hilda R. caught fire at sea off the south coast of Portugal, south-east of Cape St. Vincent, 20 miles (32 km) from Cape St. Mary, Spain. Three lifeboats were launched. In the third was Swanney, who fell overboard and drowned. The survivors were recovered and landed three days later on the Spanish coast, from where they reached Gibraltar.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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