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Amerika

British motor merchant

Photo from City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-1928

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British motor merchant Amerika.

Aboard Amerika when hit on 22 Apr 1943

You can click on any of the names for possible additional information

		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Andersen, J.J., Merchant Navy		Second Engineer Officer	Amerika
		Andersen, Kjeld Peter Johannes, Merchant Navy	39	Second Radio Officer	Amerika +
		Andersen, Nils Ejvin, Merchant Navy	63	Boatswain (Bosun)	Amerika +
		Andersen, Poul Ludvig, Merchant Navy	26	Able Seaman	Amerika +
		Árnason, Geir, Merchant Navy	18	Ordinary Seaman	Amerika +
		Beldring, Mogens Jonas Alexander, Merchant Navy	22	Able Seaman	Amerika +
		Bell, John, Merchant Navy	18	Assistant Storekeeper	Amerika +
		Borum, John William, RCAF	30	Passenger (Flying Officer)	Amerika +
		Bradley, Lloyd Latimer, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Bray, Eric William, RCAF	31	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Calvert, Gordon Clifford, Merchant Navy	28	Saloon Steward	Amerika +
		Cameron, John, British Army	22	Gunner (DEMS gunner)	Amerika +
		Christensen, Walther Henry, Merchant Navy	22	Second Cook	Amerika +
		Christiansen, Henry Bisgaard, Merchant Navy	29	Assistant Engineer	Amerika +
		Clarke, Donald Mason, RCAF	22	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Clarke, Russell Beverley, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Clipsham, Archibald Charles, RCAF	24	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Daw, Bernard Augustine, Merchant Navy	21	Mess Room Steward	Amerika +
		Dean, Stanley William, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Devlin, Joseph, Merchant Navy	28	Saloon Steward	Amerika +
		Donovan, Charles Patrick, Merchant Navy	21	Saloon Steward	Amerika +
		Drury, Dennis Frederick, RN	20	Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Amerika +
		Fife, Benjamin Gordon, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Frederiksen, Jens Karl Rhode, Merchant Navy	21	Greaser	Amerika +
		Gantzel, Else Kirsten Ruth, Merchant Navy	38	Stewardess	Amerika +
		Gatherum, David Francis, RN		Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Amerika +
		Gerdawischke, Henriette Hansine, Merchant Navy	29	Laundress	Amerika +
		Gibson, Frank George, RCAF	31	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Goran, Jack, Merchant Navy	29	Saloon Steward	Amerika +
		Gregersen, Evald Lyttichau, Merchant Navy	24	Assistant Cook	Amerika +
		Griffiths, Alfred James, Merchant Navy	29	Third Radio Officer	Amerika +
		Harding, Clifford Alexander, RCAF	27	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Healey, Henry Harold, RCAF	31	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Hetherington, John Hugh Lyndon, RCAF	21	Passenger (Flying Officer)	Amerika +
		Horn, Anker, Merchant Navy	20	Bedroom Steward	Amerika +
		Jackson, Donald Victor, RCAF	21	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Jardine, Robert Stewart, RCAF	29	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Jensen, Carlo Arnfred, Merchant Navy	31	Assistant Engineer	Amerika +
		Jensen, Gunni Edv. Robert, Merchant Navy	19	Saloon Steward	Amerika +
		Johansen, Jens, Merchant Navy	26	Able Seaman	Amerika +
		Johnsen, Emil E., Merchant Navy	39	Assistant Engineer	Amerika +
		Johnson, Merle, RCAF	26	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Keys, Frederick Bennett, RCAF	22	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Kidd, Terence William, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		King, Harold Gelderd, Merchant Navy	34	Assistant Laundryman	Amerika +
		Kristensen, Karl Marius, Merchant Navy	43	Assistant Engineer	Amerika +
		Lamont, Douglas Peter, RCAF	25	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Larsen, Edmund Oluf, Merchant Navy	51	Senior Purser	Amerika +
		Levy, Joe, Merchant Navy	37	Bedroom Steward	Amerika +
		MacDonald, Alan Stuart, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		MacDonald, Ernest Mills, RCAF	21	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Maher, Patrick, Merchant Navy	38	Bartender	Amerika +
		Martin, John Joseph Bernard, RCAF	24	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		McCloskey, Richard Scott, RCAF	21	Passenger (Flying Officer)	Amerika +
		Mogensen, Svend Aage, Merchant Navy	42	Electrician	Amerika +
		Moore, James Edward, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Mosser, Andrew James, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Mosser, Robert William, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Mühring, Ernst Georg Peter, Merchant Navy	46	Chief Engineer Officer	Amerika +
		Mühring, Johan Carl Frederik Wismar, Merchant Navy	31	Senior Third Engineer Officer	Amerika +
		Nielsen, Christian, Merchant Navy		Master	Amerika
		O'Connell, Howard Ferguson, RCAF	24	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Ollis, Reginald Keith, RCAF	20	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Pearson, Arthur Henry, RCAF	30	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Pedersen, Leo Herman Bjørn, Merchant Navy	37	Greaser	Amerika +
		Petersen, Georg, Merchant Navy	28	Officer Cabin Steward	Amerika +
		Pidduck, George William, RCAF	23	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Puge, Knud Aage, Merchant Navy	34	Junior Third Engineer Officer	Amerika +
		Rasmussen, Karl Johan, Merchant Navy	33	Greaser	Amerika +
		Richardt, Carl Chr., Merchant Navy	37	Baker	Amerika +
		Ritchie, Thomas James, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Rombough, John Noble, RCAF	21	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Schlichter, Tommy Ove, Merchant Navy	19	Assistant Cook	Amerika +
		Scott, William Alfred Dean, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Selmer, Herschel Henry, Merchant Navy	29	Assistant Cook	Amerika +
		Slack, Warren Oliver, RCAF	21	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Stainthorpe, Arthur, Merchant Navy	22	Assistant Cook	Amerika +
		Stone, Frederick Harold, RM	38	Sergeant (DEMS gunner)	Amerika +
		Strøe-Nielsen, Ejnar, Merchant Navy	37	Carpenter	Amerika +
		Sørensen, Knud Bauer, Merchant Navy	24	Able Seaman	Amerika +
		Sørensen, Sofus William Christian, Merchant Navy	48	Chief Cook	Amerika +
		Tansey, Dennis, RN	19	Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Amerika +
		Thompson, Edward Blake, RCAF	25	Passenger (Flight Lieutenant)	Amerika +
		Turner, Raymond, British Army	28	Gunner (DEMS gunner)	Amerika +
		Tyler, John, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Wallis, Roy, RN	20	Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Amerika +
		Warren, Joseph Howard, RCAF	20	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +
		Woods, Kenneth Beverley, RCAF	19	Passenger (Pilot Officer)	Amerika +

88 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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