The MV Chinese Prince Mercant Navy cargo Ship
The MV Chinese Prince
The Chinese Prince was not a ocean-going liner. It was a Merchant Navy cargo ship routing from Port Said, Egypt, via Cape Town, to Liverpool carrying 9167 tons of cargo including potash, currants and magnesite. The vessel, under the command of Master Wilma Finch, had a crew of 64. The ship was torpedoed on Thursday 12th June 1941 and 45 crew members perished.
Amongst those to die was Alfred Edgar Burgum, son of Samuel and Susan Mary Anne (Perrin) Burgum ("AA" family tree). He was forty-five. He left behind his wife Edith and four children Michael, Graham, Peter and Elaine. Alfred's name appears on a panel (panel 28) on the Tower Hill Memorial, in London, commemorating men of the Merchant navy who have no known grave.
Click here to read the full story of, not one, but three Burgums or Burghams torpedoed in the Second World War.
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The Chinese Prince was not a ocean-going liner. It was a Merchant Navy cargo ship routing from Port Said, Egypt, via Cape Town, to Liverpool carrying 9167 tons of cargo including potash, currants and magnesite. The vessel, under the command of Master Wilma Finch, had a crew of 64. The ship was torpedoed on Thursday 12th June 1941 and 45 crew members perished.
Amongst those to die was Alfred Edgar Burgum, son of Samuel and Susan Mary Anne (Perrin) Burgum ("AA" family tree). He was forty-five. He left behind his wife Edith and four children Michael, Graham, Peter and Elaine. Alfred's name appears on a panel (panel 28) on the Tower Hill Memorial, in London, commemorating men of the Merchant navy who have no known grave.
Click here to read the full story of, not one, but three Burgums or Burghams torpedoed in the Second World War.
Back to Ellis Island Records