Unit / Ship / Establishment:


HM Mersey Examination Vessel No. 1


  Detail :

 The No.1 Pilot Boat (Mersey Examination Vessel), the S.S. Alfred H. Read was deployed by the Liverpool Lighthouse and Pilotage Authority and engaged in examining incoming neutral vessels for contraband cargo. Pilots, with their local knowledge, would assist in the safe navigation of the Mersey estaury to dock. The ship was named after a former chairman of the Liverpool Marine and General Insurance Company, Sir Alfred Henry Read. She had been a recently built (1913) steam driven cutter of the Murdoch and Murray shipyard, Glasgow.

  Notes:

http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1917-12Dec.htm

 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Lt. C.H. BARNARD  28-12-1917 Anfield No.2215
Princes No.2316
 Pilot J.F.J. CAMERON  28-12-1917 Wavertree Gateacre Queensway No.2294
 Pilot J.H. CROSS  28-12-1917 Warren No.1276
 Pilot R.J. DURRANT  28-12-1917 Prudence No.2114
 Lt. W.C. POOLE  28-12-1917 Buckingham and Chandos No.2667
 Pilot R. TAGGART  28-12-1917 Royal Victoria No.1013
 Pilot J. WOOKEY  28-12-1917 Prudence No.2114
United Temperance No.3107

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