Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—The Crew of the Fishing Trawler “Labrador”
Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—The Crew of the Fishing Trawler “Labrador” On 23 January 1915 the trawler Labrador, LT 1165, left Lowestoft for the fishing grounds. The trawler was due back in Lowestoft on Sunday 31 st in order for her catch to be ready for the Monday market. The trawler was not seen again and it was presumed that the trawler had struck a mine and sank with all eight crew. The eight crewmembers who perished were: Skipper, Stephen Peek – Mate, Henry George Adams (age 34) – 1st Engineer, Albert John Newstead – 2nd Engineer, Harry G. Sparks – Trimmer, Emanuel Stephen Peek – Third-Hand, Felix Frankling – Deckhand, Fredrick W. Rushmore – Cook, Samuel Martin. The body of the skipper Stephen Peak was later brought up in the trawl nets of Kestrel. Here is the account of the tragedy as originally published in "The Lowestoft Journal and Suffolk County Record, Saturday, 13 February 1915" LOSS OF A LOWESTOFT STEAM TRAWLER. FATE OF THE LABRADOR. SKI