Death Plaque To Chief Engineer Emerson Ruddock Salkeld Who Died Following The Si Death Plaque To Chief Engineer Emerson Ruddock Salkeld Who Died Following The Si

WW1 Death Plaque To Chief Engineer Emerson Ruddock Salkeld Who Died Following The Sinking Of His Ship, The SS Nevisbrook By A U-boat Off Fastnet, Ireland in 1917. M 118 - M 118

This is a WW1 Death Plaque to Chief Engineer Emerson Ruddock Salkeld of South Shields, the seagoing Chief Engineer on the SS Nevisbrook a cargo steamer of 3140 tons built in 1913. Mr Salkeld died aged 45 years at Doctor Martins house in Jesmond on the 23rd August 1917 as a result of blood poisoning after being torpedoed by a U boat 90 miles West of Fastnet off the Irish coast on the 20th July 1917. The price includes U.K. delivery. M 118
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