| Name |
Frank SNELL |
| Born |
1 Mar 1890 |
Southampton, Hampshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
 Marriage |
Jan-Mar 1914 |
Weymouth, Dorset, England |
- England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
First name(s) ANNIE M
Last name HUNT
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1914
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ ANNIE M HUNT married
Frank Snell
Spouse's last name Snell
District Weymouth
District number -
County Dorset
Country England
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| Military |
1915 |
England |
- My Great Uncle Frank Snell, served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, sadly lost his life on 13 June 1915, on aboard HMS Viknor, the ship was blown up all hands lost, he left a wife Annie, a new born son Frank Harry Mark Snell who also died in 1915 after only living a very short time, sadly Annie never remarried, I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with her memories I will treasure for ever.
Teresa Errey
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| WW I Records |
Jan 1915 |
England |
- In January 1915, the First World War at sea was ramping up as the German submarine and mine technology began to take an ever increasing toll on British naval and merchant shipping. The vast majority of the losses sustained are wholly forgotten today, except by the families of those who lost forebears and kinsfolk through this vicious form of warfare. Unknown as such cases may now be, the number of causalities in single sinkings still have the power to shock.
The liner Atrato, later the Viking and lastly HMS Viknor
The hundredth anniversary of just such a tragedy fell on January 13th 2015, and related to the loss with all hands of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Viknor. She had been built as long before as 1888 as a passenger liner, the Atrato, for use on routes between Britain and the West Indies. Capable of carrying 279 passengers, and 421 ft long and 5,347 tons, she was distinctly yacht-like in appearance due to her clipper bow and smartly raked masts and funnels. Sadly underpowered at 1000 hp, her single screw driving her at no more than 14 knots, she must still have looked a splendid sight on the blue waters of the Caribbean. In 1912 she was renamed as the Viking by new owners and was used for cruising, an activity for which speed was not an essential.
Thoroughly obsolete in 1914, not to mention slow, it is therefore surprising that she should have been requisitioned by the British Admiralty service on the outbreak of war in 1914. Now named HMS Viknor, she was armed as a "merchant cruiser" and allocated to the Royal Navy's 10th Cruiser Squadron which was tasked with patrolling between Iceland and Northern Scotland. Minimally armed, these merchant cruisers were not expected to meet enemy warships and their main purpose was to intercept neutral shipping for inspection to detect war contraband destined for Germany. Considering that during the winter months the ships on this station were likely to encounter some of the worst sea conditions in the world, it is surprising that an old underpowered vessel like the Viknor was ever chosen for such duty.
During the first weeks of 1915 the Viknor was on patrol off the North West coast of Ireland. She appears to have been in radio contact but she was to disappear in heavy weather on January 13th, close to Tory Island, off the coast of Donegal, without sending a distress signal. She took with her the entire 291-man crew, as well as a German national who had been taken off a ship the neutral Norwegian vessel Bergensfjord, under suspicion of being a secret agent, as well as six other men who have been cryptically referred to as "stowaways". Some wreckage and many corpses were subsequently washed up on the Irish and Scottish coasts.
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| Died |
13 Jan 1915 |
At Sea. |
| Death |
13 Jun 1915 |
| aboard HMS Viknor, the ship was blown up all hands lost |
- My Great Uncle Frank Snell, served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, sadly lost his life on 13 June 1915, on aboard HMS Viknor, the ship was blown up all hands lost, he left a wife Annie, a new born son Frank Harry Mark Snell who also died in 1915 after only living a very short time, sadly Annie never remarried, I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with her memories I will treasure for ever, God bless them all.
Teresa Lutty (Errey)
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| Person ID |
I8251 |
Errey Family |
| Last Modified |
13 Nov 2017 |
| Family |
Mary Ann (Annie) HUNT, b. 24 Feb 1889, Beaminster, Dorset, England , d. 6 Aug 1973, Weymouth, Dorset, England (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
1914 |
Holy Trinity - Weymouth, Dorset, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Frank SNELL, b. 1915, Weymouth, Dorset, England , d. 1915, Weymouth, Dorset, England (Age 0 years) |
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| Last Modified |
26 Jan 2017 |
| Family ID |
F2599 |
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Detailed Family History
1890 - 1915 (24 years)
