Introduction
The George Milburn was a Royal Navy minesweeping trawler built in 1916. It was sunk by a mine from UC-42 one and a half miles south of Dunmore Point. 11 lives were lost. UC-42 was captained by Otto Heinrich Tornow at the time of the attach and this submarine was itself sunk off the coast of Cork on 10 September 1917 with all hands lost.
Lost:
William Andrews, Engineman; Michael Bateman, Deck Hand; Reuben Blake, Deck Hand; George Burnett, Trimmer; William Forrest, Engineman; Thomas Fyfe; Deck Hand; Robert Lees; Deck Hand; George Lucas, Skipper; John McNicol, Leading Seaman; John Ritchie, Second Hand; James Spink, Deck Hand.
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