ss CITY OF CAIRO

Crew List (European)

Below is the final crew list of Europeans (49) from the ss CITY OF CAIRO. The information is from the National Archives, Kew, London, from file BT 381/1828. The numbers on the left of the table correspond to each seafarers position on the Articles of Agreement. Of the 51 seafarers who signed Articles, 2 left prior to the last voyage, 35 survived the sinking and 14 were lost. *1 survivor, Third Officer Whyte, was later lost on ss CITY OF PRETORIA while returning home as a DBS.

Crew List (Europeans) (49), ss CITY OF CAIRO, 1942
No	Name	Age	Position	Birthplace	Remarks
1	Rogerson W.A.	48	Master	Liverpool	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
2	Britt S.E.D.	41	Chief Officer	Bournemouth	Died in lifeboat
3	Boundy L.	43	Second Officer	Liverpool	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
4	Whyte J.A.	24	Third Officer	Erith	Died, ss CITY OF PRETORIA 4/3/1943*
5	Stubbs W.	34	Fourth Officer	W. Hartlepool	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
6	Peever H.	49	Chief Radio Officer	Birkenhead	Missing supposed drowned
7	Humphreys T.A.V.	25	Second Radio Officer	Aberaman	Died in lifeboat
8	Friel J.	16	Third Radio Officer	Glasgow	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
9	Campbell M.C.	47	Carpenter	Tiree	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
10	McKelvie R.C.	48	Quartermaster	Wexford	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
11	Ironside R.J.	29	Quartermaster	Paisley	Died in lifeboat
12	Campbell M.	41	Quartermaster	Glasgow	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
13	MacLean M.	20	Quartermaster	Isle of Barra	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
14	MacNeil P.	19	Quartermaster	Dumfries	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
15	MacDonald A.W.D.	29	Quartermaster	Errol	Prisoner of War
16	Faulds R.A.	59	Chief Engineer	Tilliecoultry	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
17	Gerner R.H.	42	Second Engineer	Blyth	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
18	Griffin W.B.	53	Third Engineer	Hull	12/7/42 Dis - at Cape Town
19	Broomby H.D.	22	Fourth Engineer	Liverpool	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
20	Pirrie W.T.	27	Fifth Engineer	Arbroath	Died in lifeboat
21	Noble D.D.	23	Sixth Engineer	Cruden Bay	Died in lifeboat
22	Mountain L.	21	Assistant Engineer	Newport	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
23	Dick D.	23	Assistant Engineer	Govan	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
24	Scott J.A.	32	Electrician	Bothwell	Dis - at sea 6.11.1942
25	Stobbart F.	26	Engine Rm Storeman	Wallasey	Died in lifeboat
26	McQuone F.B.	49	Chief Steward/Purser	Derby	Died in lifeboat
27	Williams C.N.	30	Second Steward	Liverpool	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
28	Edmead J.C.	37	Third Steward	Levershulme	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
Blank - not signed
30	Couch A.	64	Stewardess	Liverpool	Died in lifeboat
31	Quantrill D.	25	Surgeon	Litchfield	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
32	Edward W.A.	41	Deck Hand	London	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
33	Skinner D.	33	Deck Hand	Wick	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
34	Morris J.V.	19	Deck Hand	West Derby	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
35	MacLennan K.	28	Deck Hand	Aultbea	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
36	Martin J.	18	Deck Hand	Stranraer	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
37	Porterfield H.M.	20	Deck Hand	Clydebank	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
38	Jones J.H.	34	Deck Hand	South Wales	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
39	Kerr B.	30	Deck Hand	Glasgow	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
40	Cockill A.	33	Deck Hand	Hull	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
41	Murphy J.	26	Deck Hand	Dover	D.E.M.S. - Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
42	Dyer J.	32	Assistant Steward	Rochdale	17/9/42, Bombay, to ss CITY OF LONDON
43	Morton G.	??	Steward	??	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
44	Dobson A.R.C.	48	Quartermaster	Middlesbrough	Died in lifeboat
45	Nuttall J.	28	Butcher	Liverpool	Died in lifeboat
46	McGregor W.	27	Supernumerary 3rd Eng	Leith	Died in lifeboat
47	Barnes S.H.	45	Supernumerary 2nd Steward	Hendon	Died in lifeboat
48	Cullinane J.	27	Assistant Steward	Liverpool	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942
49	Codling L.T.	23	Barman	London	Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
50	McKechnie C.	??	Baker	Helensburgh	Dis - at sea 6/11/9142
51	Taggart A.	50	Stewardess	Montrose	Died in lifeboat
Blank	Ritchie W.B.	19	Cadet	Aberdeen	Dis - at sea 6/11/1942

Survivors = 35 | Casualties = 14

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