HMS Calliope Crew Members present at Samoa during the Hurricane.
This list is the one published by Captain E. W. Swan in 1939, and is the only source for the crew list on the vessel at Samoa that I have located. The National Archives at Kew do not seem to have the ship's muster for this voyage. Some of the crew who set out from England had deserted by this time, and unless they had been recaptured or returned to the ship before Samoa, won't appear here - but see the note at the bottom of this page. Some of the crew were on temporary loan from HMS Orlando, the squadron flagship, and some of Calliope's original crew had been exchanged in a similar fashion. Although ERA James Richards died before the storm, I have included him in this list.
I have been gradually culling data from the seaman's records at Kew, but it is a mammoth task, and I cannot spend the time these days to go down to London just for that. So I am going to need to rely on visitors sharing with me any data they may have. If you have a photo or an anecdote, take a look at the Crew Stories page, and if you feel you would like to add to it, let me know the details.
Over the years, I have found instances where Captain Swan has apparently mis-read the ship's muster roll and introduced spelling errors in the names. With hand-written registers, this is very easy to do. Where I have been advised of a spelling error, I have amended this list; if you notice an error in the recording of your ancestor's name, please
contact me and I'll correct it on this page.
Those names that are underlined are hyper links to the Crew Stories page.
Page or scroll down to get to the table, which starts as full width to maximize the data on it.
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If you got to this page by searching the net on your browser for your ancestor's name with "Calliope,name" or something, then the obvious way to try and locate the name on this page is by scrolling down to the tables and simply reading them. If you know your ancestor's rank (at the time of Apia), then the table headings might help, but be prepared for some names to appear in other tables. Perhaps the quickest way to find a name is to use your browser's "Search Facility". In Google Chrome, you open this by typing "Ctrl-F" (i.e. hold down the "Ctrl" key and press the "F" key) and in the box that opens, start typing your ancestor's name. You should be taken to it fairly quickly. If there is more than one instance of the name, you'll be taken to the first; small orange bars appear in the right hand vertical slider to show where other instances occur. They will also be highlighted on the page. Hopefully, you will be able to find fairly quickly the right one. If you got to this page by web-searching for your ancestor's name, it will appear somewhere on this page!
Other browsers may have different ways of operating a search, you will need to find them yourself if you don't use Chrome, but Edge seems to work the same way.
Remember, if your ancestor's name is underlined, then it is a hyperlink to an entry on the "Calliope Crew Stories" page, i.e. there is already some additional information about the person, though it may be very brief. If you have additional information, or if you are the first person with information, about a particular person,
please feel free to share it with me, and therefore, the internet community. It has always been my wish to bring the participants in the storm to the attention of the wider world, with their stories, and a picture and just a few lines about them and what happened to them is better than nothing. If you agree, then
contact me and share what you know; I'll update the site as quickly as I can. Take a look at the
Crew Stories page to see what other family members have contributed, to help you decide if you want to do the same for your ancestor.
Rank | Name | Data |
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4th Kings Own Regiment | Major R.H. McCarthy | Formerly Royal Navy |
Officers Loaned from H.M.S. Orlando: |
Ship's Company.
Petty Officers First Class: |
Rank | Name | Data |
Quartermaster | Edward Pratt | |
Quartermaster | Oscar Clark | |
Quartermaster | Robert G. Smith | |
Captain of the Main-Top | Thomas Gibbs | |
Captain of the Fore-Top | Robert Newton | |
Captain, Forecastle | William J. Brown | |
Captain, Forecastle | Henry B. Sellick | |
Captain, Quarterdeck | Henry Mullins | |
Boatswains Mate | Thomas E. Saunders | |
Boatswains Mate | John R. White | |
Boatswains Mate | John Hamilton | |
Captain's Coxswain | James Pudge | |
Gunners' Mate | James Howlett | |
Gunners' Mate | William H. Smith | |
Gunners' Mate | William Elgie | |
Petty Officers Second Class: |
Rank | Name | Data |
Captain of the Mizzen-Top | Alexander Turner | |
Coxswain second class | William Rolfe | d. 10-Jun-1889 following an accidental fall. |
Second Captain, Quarterdeck | Henry Parnell | |
Second Captain, Fore-Top | Henry T. Morgan | |
Second Captain, Main-Top | Thomas Carr | |
Rank | Name | Data |
Yeoman of Signals | Patrick J. Dalton | |
Leading Signalman | Frederick G. Withers | |
Leading Signalman | Frederick F. Husband | |
Qualified Signalman | Arthur Sutton | |
Signalman | William Read | |
Signal Boy | Henry Prewitt | |
Signal Boy | Richard Jeffers | |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
Frederick J. Brown | | John Beare | |
William I. Thorndale | b. 17-Jul-1861; d. 30-Aug 1949 | William F. White | |
Edmund Godding | | Ephn. B. Wright | |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
Charles J. Searle | | Frederick Ross | |
William J. Shepherd | | Alexander S. Stone | |
Joseph J. R. Dick | | Gustavus Miles | |
Fredrick Fozard | | William J. Steer | |
James Watt | | Alfred G. Every | |
William H. Ransom | | Daniel Regan | |
Richard W. Sullaway | | James Stapleton | |
David Kinnear | | Frank Beach | |
Harley Horton | | Michael Cull | |
Richard Gardiner | | John T. McDaniel | |
Samuel Moss | | Henry Deacon | |
Thomas Healan | | George E. Munday | |
John Stocks | | John T. Francis | |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
William Rawlinson | | Alfred J. Thompson | |
James Crawford | | Charles Ham | |
Henry Hamilton | | Grge H. Spreadbury | |
William T. Searle | | Thomas Carroll | |
Walter H. Walsh | | James R. Baldrey | b. 14-Feb-1866 |
Joseph Potter | b. 13-Apr-1864; d. 1911 | Frederick W. Rex | b. 2-Dec-1867; d. 27-Feb-1934 |
William Cole | | Thomas Smith | |
Patrick Donovan | | John Johnson | |
James E. Wright | | Henry G. Russell | |
George A. F. Smith | | William Faiers | |
William Trimble | | James Young | |
Thomas Read | | Frank Pulford | |
Benjamin Tyldesley | | Michael Hall | |
James W. Pickels | | Thomas P. Jolley | |
Arthur Turner | | Charles Burdett | |
William T. Sheppard | | Albert E. Smith | |
Louis W. Morgan | | Charles G. Reynolds | |
James Fensham | | Henry Woolley | |
Isaac Briscoe | | George H. Jefford | |
William H. Phillips | | William T. Sweet | |
George J. Hammerton | | William E. Tull | |
R. H. Durrant | | James H. Pook | |
William Miller | | John A. Edwards | |
James A. Flower | | William Nye | |
William Webb | | Willie Bennett | |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
Henry T. Keene | | William G. Jell | |
James C. Moore | b. Sep-1865; d. 1948. | George E. Lane | |
George Munden | | William Harding | b. 1868. |
Joshua Snaith | | William Ellis | |
William J. Stratton | | John D. Rodgers | |
Henry Osmond | | Charles Rodgers | |
William Hill | | George A. Shaver | |
Robert Day | | Thomas McFarlane | |
Alfred A. Sturt | | John W. Smith | |
Thomas Parker | | Joseph Attwell | b. 14-Apr-1870. |
Richard C. Curtis | | George Edwards | |
William Grey | | William Langdon | |
Edward G. Sturt | | Charles W. Johnson | |
Edwin Wedlake | | Thomas Bumstead | |
Ulick Stanton | | Cecil F. Gulliver | |
Ernest J. Denyer | b. 18-Apr-1871. d. 19-Jan-1942. | William Wisldon | |
Angus Murray | | George Easter | |
George A. Bax | | Joseph J. Barber/Barker | |
Ordinary Seamen (on loan from Orlando): |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
William Rook | | Philip Rodd | |
William Toms | | James Spiller | b. 5-Nov-1870; d. 1-Nov-1914. Killed in action on HMS Monmouth, Battle of Coronel. |
William Allen | | John Hedges | |
Joseph J. Barker/Barber | | George Moog | |
Philip Rendle | | Willie C. Hunt | |
Frederick K. Stimpson | | Alfred F. Hood | |
E.R.A's (Engine Room Artificers): |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
Edwin Wood | | Alfred W. Neville | |
James Richards | d. 13-Feb-1889 | George G. C. Haines | |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
Henry Aldred | | Ernest A. Welling | |
Thomas Clavell | | Richard Thorpe | |
Thomas Searle | | George W. Childs | |
Mark King | b. 22-Nov-1861; d. 3-Jun-1910. | | |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
John Doel | | Edwin W. Beale | |
Harry Knight | B. 25/4/1864 Lurgashall, Sussex, England. D. 8/12/1919 Melbourne, Australia. Obituary | John T. Welsh | |
James Osman | | Walter Wright | |
George E. Peach | | John Whitwick | |
William Alsford | b. 1870; d. c.1949 | Henry Treagus | |
Andrew Shier | | John Charlton | |
Charles Gilbert | | Paul Childs | |
Thomas Chubb | | Henry B. Harding | |
William Breedon | | John Elliot | |
James Picknell | | Herbert Thomas | |
Frederick C. Bennett | | Charles H. Terry | |
William McWilliams | | Thomas Buxey | |
William C. Cole | | Walter Shering | |
Other Members of the Ship's Crew: |
Rank | Name | Data |
Master At Arms | Harry Sebright | b. 1853; d. 1908. |
Ship's Corporal | Thomas C. Dobinson | |
Armourer's Crew | Arthur Thurston | |
Captain of the Hold | James Christmas | |
Skilled Carpenter's Mate | Julius W. Newbury | Possibly Newberry. |
Carpenter's Mate | Thomas D. John | |
Carpenter's Crew | Frederick Stephens | |
Carpenter's Crew | Michael O'Brien | b. 6-Oct-1861 |
Carpenter's Crew | William H. Marsh | |
Skilled Shipwright | James Gillespie | |
Skilled Shipwright | Duncan Ferguson | |
Ropemaker | John McDonald | |
Sailmaker | Thomas Lucas | |
Sick Berth Steward, Second Class | Sydney Barend | b. c. 1861; d. 1942. |
Plumber's Mate | Richard P. Frost | |
Cooper | David O'Mahoney | b. 3-Jul-1855; d. 1-Nov-1939. Possibly Mahoney. |
Writer, Second Class | Edward N. Luxon | |
Caulker | Charles W. Down | |
Other Members (Loaned from H.M.S. Orlando): |
Rank | Name | Data |
Armourer | William Ruse | |
Rank | Name | Data |
Captain's Steward | Richard May | |
Captain's Steward | William Brine | |
Assistant Steward | George T. Chapman | |
Ship's Steward, Second Class | William G. Crocomb | |
Ship's Steward, Boy | Michael Finnie | b. 23-Sep-1871; d. 1954 |
Wardroom | William C. Costick | |
Wardroom | Ah Sam | |
Warrant Officers Mess | Henry Ayling | |
Gunroom | William Birch | |
Rank | Name | Data |
Ship's Cook First Class | George Jarvis | |
Captain's Cook | George Crawford | |
Wardroom Cook | Ah Fook | |
Wardroom Cook Assistant | Montgomery Hamilton | |
Wardroom Cook Assistant | George W. Pavey | |
Gunroom Cook | John E. Codd | |
Rank | Name | Data |
Corporal | George Champ | |
Gunner | James Lord | |
Gunner | Albert Shearman | |
Gunner | Dennis Barnett | |
Royal Marine Light Infantry (Sergeants): |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
Robert Searl | | Alfred E. Walker | |
Royal Marine Light Infantry (Privates): |
Name | Data | Name | Data |
George Graybourne | | Edward M. Collett | |
William Wilde | | George H. Skidmore | |
William E. Brown | | Frank Wright | |
Alfred B. Miller | | Frederick A. Gray | |
Thomas Jones | | Walter Jenkins | |
Robert J. Stamp | | John Irvine | |
Edward J. Wells | | Thomas Boles | |
William C. Doust | | William Shurmer | |
William Delaney | | Charles Boxall | |
Arthur Cove | | Andrew Bowie | |
Henry Cort | | William Shawyer | |
George Credland | | James Shealds | |
James Woods | | John W. Carroll | Bugler |
Charles Cox | | Joseph Statham | |
Robert Scott | | Frederick F. Rigsby | |
Frederick F. Bullers | | | |
I do know the names of a number of crew who deserted the ship both before the storm, and afterwards. Captain Swan seems to have been very careful to omit their names from his list in "The First Commission of H.M.S. Calliope", but he heads the list with the caption "...present at Samoa..." so he may not be being deliberately critical. I have recorded those names I know in the tables above, but not in a way that denigrates them or criticises their actions. I simply do not know the circumstances of them "running", and I also do not know their rank so do not know which table to put them in. If any family descendant from a crew member who deserted the ship would like to get in touch, please do so, using the contact form. I am quite sure these persons have interesting stories of their own. I do not think it necessary or relevant to identify them in the table as a deserter and I will not do so.