On this day in Yorkshire

March 10, 1913

News reached Hull on Saturday that the steam trawler Admiral Togo, belonging to Messrs Pickering and Haldane’s Steam Trawling Company (Limited), stranded near Reykjanes, on the west coast of Iceland, on Friday night.

The crew of 12 hands took to the boat, which was swamped and all hands were lost.

The vessel left Hull a fortnight ago for the fishing ground. She stranded on the rocks on Friday night, and was badly holed.

The Admiral Togo was a fine vessel, built at Beverley in 1904.

The crew consisted of the skipper, William Ponder, aged 24, who leaves a widowed mother; the mate, Charles Brown, 28, unmarried; boatswain John Dilboe, 30, whose father was drowned recently; first engineer James Wilkinson Curry, 31, married; second engineer George Newby, 27, married; Joseph Herbert Roberts, 27, trimmer; Charles Gregory, 23, cook; Binnington, spare hand; Arthur Balfour, 19, belonging to Leigh-on-Sea; spare hand Benson, and spare hand Eriksen.