Talk:SS Canastota

Officers and crew

The names of the officers and crew are not included in the main article (correctly) as a result of Wikipedia policy not to have articles that are memorials nor to include lists of a ship's crew. However, since this information is only available in government archives, for the benefit of those who may have an interest, it is included here on the talk page.

The officers of the Canastota at the time of her disappearance were:

• Captain Andrew J. Lockie, master, a New Zealander born in 1883, with his family residing at Willoughby in Sydney. Up to July 1918, Captain Lockie briefly had been the master of the four-masted barquentine Lyman D. Foster – a ship with a colourful history – that disappeared in March 1919, between Nukuʻalofa in Tonga and San Francisco, carrying a cargo of copra . Before that he had been an officer on Union Company ships.
• Mr A. T. Sang, first officer, 35-years old, born in Scotland;
• Mr K. Wardrobe, second officer, 21-years old, born in Hull, England; said to have served in North Sea and Mediterranean during WW1 and survived a sinking by submarine.
• Mr G. Crichton, third officer, 20-years old, born in Glasgow, Scotland; he was said to have enlisted underage, served throughout WW1, and survived a sinking by submarine.
• Mr William Peel, first engineer, 45-years old, born in Gateshead, England;
• Mr D. Syrsmas, second engineer, 33-years old, a native of the Greek island of Andros;
• Mr Alan J. Reid, third engineer, 26-years old, born in Kilbirnie, Scotland; (*)
• Mr W. L. Halberd, fourth engineer, 22-years old, born in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia; (*)
• Mr W. Reed, fifth engineer, 20-years old, born in Liverpool, England;
• Mr David Trimmer, deck engineer, 25-years old, an Australian from Sydney, born in Palmerston North, New Zealand;
• Mr J. Nicholson, wireless operator, 20-years old, born in Scotswood, England; known as 'Jack' Nicholson, he was said to have served in the Air Force in WW1.

(*) These two officers joined the crew, while the Canastota was in Sydney immediately prior to her disappearance.

The remaining crew of 37 Chinese and one Peruvian seamen were:

• Bosons: Wong Sing, first bosun, 32-y.o., Kwok Cheung, second bosun, 35-y.o.;
• Quartermasters: Sie Ah Kon 28-y.o, Young Dang Sing 35-y.o., Wong Hing 36-y.o., Chang Chen Trang, 25-y.o.
• Stewards: Fook Sing, Chief Steward, 33-y.o., Kan Sin, Mess Room Steward, 26-y.o., Chang You, Assistant Steward, 29-y.o. ;
• Chief Cook: Chen Youi 27-y.o.;
• Pantryman: Lan Sing 30-y.o.;
• Greasers: Tai Sing 39-y.o. ; Dun Bing Shee 39-y.o., Na Ah Deng 31-y.o. ;
• Fireman: Dun Kook, 40-y.o. ;
• Firemen & Trimmers: Ching King 22-y.o., Lee Shing 28-y.o. Chan Yok 40-y.o., Wong King 31-y.o., Man On 33-y.o., Cheug Tai 27-y.o. ,Yim Fat 25-y.o., Chang Yong 42-y.o., Leung Ngai 33-y.o., Wong Hing 34-y.o. ,Yen Swing 23-y.o., Lam Ling 27-y.o. ,Men Ken Sing 32-y.o., Ho Hing 26-y.o., Woo Yon 32-y.o., Pang Fook 35-y.o., Ah Sang 30-y.o. :
• Sailors: Wong King 27-y.o., Ah Hung 32-y.o., Yip Wgow 31-y.o, Ah Kum 32-y.o, A. Cordillo 24-y.o, Lam Cheung 36-y.o.

There was also a ship's cat called "Dig".

TrimmerinWiki (talk) 04:45, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

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