HMS C29 (1909 - 1915)


C29

HMS C29 (Lt W R Schofield) was lost off the Outer Dowsing light vessel off the Humber on 29 August 1915 while working submerged in telephone cable contact with the armed trawler Ariadne on an anti-U-boat patrol. It is believed that she was inadvertently towed into a mine by the Ariadne. The wreck was discovered by divers in 1996.

PEOPLE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THIS UNIT

29 August 1915 (17)
AHERN A AB
BIGNELL F W SPO
CHAMBERS F G L Sto
DARBY E J AB
EVANS T E Sub Lt
FAUX W H L Sto
GIBSON R C ERA 2
HOBBS C E AB
JOHNSTON J Sto 1
LANE G E AB
MOORE F G ERA 4
MULLINS T R AB
NORRIS L G PO
SCHOFIELD W R Lt
SINCLAIR A M ERA 2
SMITH A H LS
WATSON H F Boy Tel

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