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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