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Steward

Frederick Laurence Lymer

Service number Unknown
Military unit SS Empire Hawksbill (London) Merchant Navy
Address Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death 19 Jul 1942 (18 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Son of John and Alice Lymer, of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire.

Military history

TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Panel 41.

SS Empire Hawksbill

SS Empire Hawksbill was an American Cargo steamer of 5,652 grt built in 1920 by South Western, San Pedro, United States as the Western Nivaria SS for the US Shipping Board, Los Angeles. In 1928 she was renamed Golden Coast for the Oceanic & Oriental Navigation Co., San Francisco. In 1937 renamed Delawarean for the American Hawaiian S.S. Co., New York. In 1940 given to Britain and renamed Empire Hawksbill for the MOWT. On the 19th July 1942 she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-564 about 200milesnorth of the Azores. 45 people were lost including Steward Frederick Lymer. (wrecksite.eu)

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