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On 16 July 1917, Ribston was en route from Melila, North Africa, to Glasgow, Scotland, via the Clyde, when she was torpedoed by U-45 approximately 85 miles (136 km) west of Fastnet Rock in south-east Ireland, position 50°52'N/11°38'W. All 25 crew members, including the captain, lost their lives.
Digital gallery of Second Engineer John Henry White
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Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Henry White
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Second Engineer John Henry White
Digital gallery of
Second Engineer John Henry White
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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