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Joan Margaret

Hob Uid: 1550797
Location :
North East Lincolnshire
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TA3189009660
Summary : 1941 wreck of English drifter which foundered off the Clee Ness light float after being mined in the Humber, apparently while on Admiralty service as part of a Government fishing fleet, i.e. continuing to fish in the national service, rather than undertaking special war duties. She was a motor vessel, whose small size suggests wooden construction. For the site formerly quoted as the possible remains of the JOAN MARGARET, please see 907834. The names of those killed are inscribed on the Mercantile Marine Memorial, Tower Hill, London (1375500), while a number of the crew were buried in St. Oswald's Churchyard (81395) in their home town of Filey.
More information : Date of loss given as 20-MAR-1941, position of loss quoted as Cleeness Lightship [sic], River Humber. Drifter of 25 tons gross, said to be owned by the Royal Navy. (1)

'Vessel foundered and lost when she detonated a German laid mine at the entrance to the Humber.' (1)

20-MAR-1941: JOAN MARGARET, British drifter of 25 tons, mined in the vicinity of Clee Ness light float, Humber, with the loss of five lives, one man saved. Flagged as HMS. (2)

20-MAR-1941: JOAN MARGARET, 25 tons, mined. Flagged as chartered to or requisitioned by the Admiralty, but in civilian list of fishing vessels lost to enemy action, in Section IV (mercantile), not Section III, naval and Admiralty vessels. (3)

Five Filey men lost on the Grimsby-registered JOAN MARGARET, requisitioned into a Government Fishing Fleet, killed when she struck a mine in the Humber Estuary. One survivor. (4)

Five men lost, one survivor, when the JOAN MARGARET struck a mine. (5)

Tonnage, function and fitting of a motor engine suggest the likelihood of timber construction. (6)

List of graves of men from the JOAN MARGARET, as buried in the churchyard of St. Oswald, Filey, with links to their inscription on the Mercantile Marine Memorial, Tower Hill, London. (7)

Propulsion: Screw-driven, 3-cylinder triple-expansion engine (1) [may be default entry in this source]; motor vessel (5)
Crew: 6 (1)(2)(4)
Crew lost: 1 (1)(2)(4)
Owner: Royal Navy (1); Government Fishing Fleet (4)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

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Source details : < http://www.angelfire.com/de3/fileycasualties/wwiinew/haxbyr.htm > accessed on 14-FEB-2012
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Source details : < http://lookingatfiley.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/joan-margaret/ > accessed on 14-FEB-2012
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Source details : < http://twgpp.org/results.php?sname=&fname=&cemetery=Filey+%28St+Oswald%29+Churchyard&country=27&force=244&nationality= > accessed on 14-FEB-2012
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Lost 1941
Monument End Date : 1941
Monument Start Date : 1941
Monument Type : Fishing Vessel, Drifter, Admiralty Vessel
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : Admiralty Chart
External Cross Reference Number : 1188b 12-04-74
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External Cross Reference Source : Admiralty Chart
External Cross Reference Number : 1190 12-08-77
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 30 NW 192
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