JENKINS Alfred

JENKINS Alfred

Deck Hand 3709/Sd, Royal Naval Reserve,

H.M.S. Paddle Minesweeper, QUEEN OF THE NORTH (DETAILS BELOW)

Killed In Action by Torpedo Aged 26, 20^th July 1917

Buried with Honour at

NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY, Netherlands

Wife, Ethel, of King Street, Pembroke Dock.Son of William and Elizabeth, Clifton Terrace.

Mr. & Mrs. Jenkins still had four other sons in the Navy, William, Harry, Ivor and Ernest. A son-in–law Mr. W. Bullock was killed some months back. Ernest was killed on 11 November 1917.

His funeral card

H.M.S.Paddle Minesweeper QUEEN OF THE NORTH

built in 1895 by Laird Brothers for the Blackpool Passenger Steamboat Company

and was requisitioned in March 1916 and sunk by a mine in the approaches to the Thames Estuary

The mine was laid by SMS UC 4 a minelaying submarine.

Only three of the crew survived.

Details

weight - 594 grt

dimensions - 67,5 by 7,9 m

propulsion - paddle -steam

Acknowledgment

Michael W. Pocock MaritimeQuest.com

http://maritimequest.com/daily_event_archive/2011/07_july/20_hms_queen_of_the_north.htm

Roll of Honour

Of those who lost their lives in

H.M.S.Paddle Minesweeper QUEEN OF THE NORTH