Irish Mercantile Marine Deaths 1940 - 1945

Ardmore (sunk 12 November 1940)
The Ardmore was the property of the City of Cork Steam Packet Company. She was carrying a cargo of livestock from Cork to Fishguard but was sunk south of the Salties.

Surname	Firstname	Address	Age	Rank
Barry	F.	5 Canning Place, Passage West, Co. Cork	26	Carpenter
Bruland	Edward	Convent Place, Paggage West, Co. Cork	57	Cook
Cronin	John	18 Spring Lane, Cork	43	Cattleman
Desmond	Bartholemew	2 Custom House Street, Cork	41	Able Seaman
Fennel	John	St. Mary's Avenue, Gurranabraher, Cork	18	Seaman
Flynn	Patrick	15 Assumption Road, Cork	39	Cattleman
Ford	Michael	11 Brown Street, Cork	53	Fireman
Ford	Thomas	12 Fairfield Road, Warrington, Liverpool	55	Captain
Hare	Thomas Edwin	39 Beechwood Park, Rathmines, Dublin	37	1st Mate
Johnson	A.	47 Without Avenue, Bedingon, Liverpool	56	Chief Engineer
Kelleher	John	Washbrew Lane, Fairhill, Cork	35	Cattleman
Lane	John	1 Pophams Road, Cork	53	Cattleman
McGlynn	John	80 Tolka Road, Clonliff Road, Dublin	40	Bosun
McNally	Sydney	24 Nicandy Road, Liverpool	49	2nd Engineer
Murphy	A.	Passage West, Co. Cork
O'Donovan	Patrick	31 Henry Street, Cork	45	Donkeyman
O'Leary	Timothy	4 Whitehorn Road, Cork	20	Messboy
O'Regan	John	19 Fort Street, Barrack Street, Cork	65	Fireman
O'Shea	Frank	16 Lower Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork	39	Able Seaman
Power	John	41 Upper John Street, Blackpool, Cork	27	Able Seaman
Power	James	126 Blackwater Road, Cork	28	Able Seaman
Raymond	Michael	Farranferris Avenue, Cork	26	Cattleman
Ryan	Patrick	305 Weston Hill, Barry, South Wales (also Passage East, Co. Waterford)	40	Second Mate
Speed	Edwin	60 Eastbourne Street, Liverpool	61	Fireman
Dalgrano	Joseph	16 Railway Avenue, Inchicore, Dublin	29	Third Engineer

City of Limerick (sunk 15 July 1940)
The City of Limerick was the property of Palgrave Murphy Ltd. under the command of Captain Robert Ferguson. She was enroute from Spain to Liverpool with a cargo of fruit when she was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay.

Surname	Firstname	Address	Age	Rank
Brennan	Hugh	1 Victoria Villas, Charlemont Road, Clontarf,  Dublin 4	31	Steward
Sullivan	John	47 Lynsted Road, Liverpool 14	20	Cabin Boy

City of Waterford (sunk 19 September 1941)
The City of Waterford was carrying a cargo of coal from Cardiff to Lisbon. She had joined a British convoy headed for Gibraltar. At 7:30am she collided with the tug "Thames" and sank. The crew were rescued by HMS Deptford and transferred to the rescue ship "Walmer Castle". This ship was bombed on Sunday 21 September and it was during this exchange that the crew-members of the City of Waterford were killed.

Surname	Firstname (Rank)	Address	Age	Rank
Alpin	Thomas (Captain)	Sandymount, Dublin
Furlong	George (Chief Engineer)	Wexford
Naylor	Samuel (A.B.)	Bray, Co. Wicklow
Murphy	Patrick (A.B.)	Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Kearney	Edward (A.B.)	Dublin

Clonlara (sunk 22 August 1941)
Clonlara was the property of the Limerick Steamship Company. She was sunk in the North Atlantic by U-564.

Surname	Firstname (Rank)	Address	Age	Rank
Carr	W.	Dublin
Greene	E.	Dublin
Kavanagh	E.	Dublin
Lambe	A.	Dublin
McGuigan	P.	Lusk, Co. Dublin
McKane	S.	Dublin
Reynolds	Joseph (Captain)	Drogheda
Robertson	A.	Limerick
Smith	M.	Dublin
Spanner	J.	Wexford
Spence	R.	Dublin

Cymric (missing 24 February 1944)
Cymric, a vessel of 228 gross tons left Ardrossan, Scotland on 23rd February 1944 with a cargo of coal, bound for Lisbon.

Surname	Firstname (Rank)	Address	Age	Rank
Bergin	P.	Wexford
Brennan	J.	Wexford
Cassidy	Christopher (Captain)	Athboy, Co. Meath
Crosbie	J.	Wexford
Furlong	K.	Wexford
Kiernan	B.	Dundalk
McConnell	C.	Dublin
O'Rourke	W.	Wexford
Ryan	M.	Dungarvan
Seave	P.	Skerries
Tierney	M.	Wexford

Innisfallen (sunk 21 December 1940)
Innidfallen, a ship of the City of Cork Steam Packet Company was sunk at 3:20pm by a magnetic mine near New Brighton Tower as she departed from Liverpool. She has 157 passengeers and a crew of 63 on board. Her Captain was George Firth of Clontarf, Dublin and the radio officer was Joseph Neville.

Surname	Firstname (Rank)	Address	Age	Rank
Doyle	W.	Dublin
Geary	Daniel (Quartermaster)	Kinsale
Porter	J.	Dublin
Rickard	J.	Howth

Isolda (sunk 19 December 1940)
The Isolda was a lighthouse tender owned by the Commissioners of Irish Lights. She sank enroute to the Coninbeg light-vessel after being bombed. Her Captain was Alan Bestic who had been Third Officer on the Lusitania when she was struck by a torpedo off Kinsale in 1915.

Surname	Firstname	Address	Age	Rank
Dunne	P.	Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Farrell	W.	Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Hayden	J.	Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Holland	W.	Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Rusby	W.	Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Shortt	P.	Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin