James Frederick Adams

A Skipper with Sailing Trawler Loch Fyne (Lowestoft), James died on 6th of September 1915. 

James was born at Lowestoft in 1869, a son of William and Susan(na) Adams. He was baptised at All Saints' Church, Pakefield, on 25 July 1869, and his family lived at Pakefield. In 1871 their address was Church Street, Pakefield, and by 1881 they were living at 4 Mickelburgh's Cottages, Pakefield.  

On 8 February 1892 James married Gertrude Maria Rachel Mullender at All Saints' Church, Pakefield. James was a fisherman and they both lived at Pakefield. In 1901 they lived at 12 Pakefield Street, Carlton Colville, and James was a fisherman. By 1911 they were living at 55 Kimberley Road, Lowestoft. 

In 1911 James was the Master of the Lowestoft trawler Loch Lomond at Padstow. 

In September 1915 James was the Skipper on the sailing trawler Loch Fyne, LT 1105. The trawler left Lowestoft on 6 September 1915 intending to fish the Leman and Owen Shoals and to return on 15 September. The trawler was not heard of again and there was no sign of the crew. There is no certain answer as to what happened to the Loch Fyne. The trawler's owner thought it had been sunk by a mine, but the Admiralty determined that the Loch Fyne was possibly sunk by a submarine because between 7 and 10 September 1915 six other Lowestoft fishing vessels had been sunk in the Leman and Owen Shoals.

All four crew, including James, were lost.

Note: Although Commonwealth War Grave records give James' date of death as 6 September 1915, the Loch Fyne was presumed to have been lost between 7 and 10 September 1915. 

See: 1914 – 1918 Lowestoft Fisherman: killed by enemy action – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)