Daniel Saunders

A Cook with the trawler Speculator. Daniel died on 9th of November 1914 at the age of 41.

Daniel was born at Lowestoft in 1873, a son of William and Elizabeth Saunders. In 1881 his family lived at 27 Selby Street and, in 1891, at 8 Selby Street. 

In 1901 Daniel worked as a trawler fisherman and lived at 60 Stevens Street. By 1909 he was living at Edinburgh Road. In 1914 he lived at Southwell Road.  

The trawler Speculator, LT 1050, was last seen between 4 and 5 p.m. on 9 November 1914 fishing in the Yarmouth field near Smith's Knoll. The Skipper of the trawler Achieve reported that he heard an explosion around 8 p.m. that evening and it was presumed that this was the sound of the Speculator being blown up by a mine. The next day wreckage from the Speculator was found. 

See: World War One – History of Lowestoft's Fishing Industry (wordpress.com)