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Compliments of:   Karen Atkin


The JERIA, from the HULL TIMES, 26/01/1935
The caption is:

'NO DOUBT WILL SOON SINK.....OUR GREETINGS TO THOSE AT HOME'

These men are ten of the fourteen who, it is feared, have perished in the 
loss of the Grimsby trawler JERIA, off the coast of Iceland.  The story is 
one that will live for ever in the annals of the sea - for they faced death 
with a smile.  Their last message crackled out by their radio was as stirring 
as a MASEFIELD poem... as gallant as RUPERT BROOKES' "If I should die...", as
noble as NELSON'S "England expects...".  It ran: "No doubt the ship will soon 
sink with the whole crew.  Will everyone who picks up this, probably our last 
message, send our greetings to our families - and to old England."  It is a 
message that has moved the world - and Hull, with the whole country that was 
their last thought, salutes the heroes of the Jeria.

There is a selection of photographs of the crew. Pictured are:
T.H. BULLIMORE
J. DOWEY
E. MEECH
E. FRITH
F. J. SMITH
F. McGUIRE
S. INNERD
R. G. CODD
W. J. PARKER
LUKE SCOTT

Last updated: *** 29 May 2002 ***