Person Sheet

Name Patrick Harrington Birth 19 3 1902, 51 Sutton Road, Plaistow, London E13, England Death 25 12 1961, Plaistow E13 Father Joseph Edward Harrington (1862-) Mother Fanny Jane Ridley (1864-)
Spouses:
1 Mary Ann Rose Birth 14 1 1902, 8, Sidney Street, Tidal Basin, London Death 2 1 1974, Bow, London, England Father Peter Rose (1869-1929) Mother Jane Eliza Nutt (1873-1947)
Marriage 25 12 1922, St. Lukes, Canning Town
Children: Joseph (1923-1993) Mary (1924-2003) Patrick (1929-2005) Dorothy (1931-) Richard Thomas (1935-) Dennis (1941-) Irene Jane (1943-)
Notes for Patrick Harrington
Pat served most of his adult life in the merchant navy. On April 8th 194 1, his ship, the Rajputana, was torpedoed by a German U boat, (U108, Lieut enant Commander Klaus Scholtz) whilst on station 150 miles south of Icelan d. The first torpedo hit just after dawn. The boiler room flooded and t he engine room was open to the sea, but when the submarine's periscope w as sighted the A.M.C (Armed Merchant Cruiser) opened fire and as no furth er torpedo arrived, hope of rescue grew. At 7:30 however a second torpe do hit and the ship began to settle rapidly by the stern. At 8:30 the ord er to abandon ship was given, but the ship went very rapidly at the end a nd a lot of men were left in the water and died before they could be pick ed up by the boats. The Rajputana had, however got out distress signals immediately after t he first torpedo hit and a little after sun-up a Sunderland Flying Boat si ghted the oil slick and guided the rescue destoyer Legion to the scene. T wo hundred and eighty three men were picked up and landed at Reykjav ik in Iceland, unfortunately not all survived, the final figures were 40 d ead with 277 survivors. Pat was amongst those that survived, he suffered i njuries to his arms and legs but after his recovery he was back aboard ano ther vessel till the war was over. He then spent most of his working li fe at sea coming ashore a few years before his early death.