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Military service
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Rubislaw (Aberdeen, Scotland) (118189)
Death:
November 28, 1939
North Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 17.
Additional information
On 28 November 1939, the Rubislaw hit a German mine 1.5 nautical miles (1.5 miles/2.8 km) east of the Tongue lighthouse off the British coast, killing 13 sailors, including the captain. The only survivors, four injured, were rescued by a Royal Navy minesweeper and transferred to the rescue ship The Lord Southborough. They were disembarked in Margate, Kent, England.
Digital gallery of Fireman Albert Young
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Digital gallery of
Fireman Albert Young
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 253 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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