William DIMBERLINE
William Dimberline was born on 9th August 1844 in the parish of Thorne, son of John Dimberline (b.1810, East Cowick) and Ann Lunn (b.1813, Sykehouse). He married Maria Poskett on 16th February 1867 at St John's Church, Goole.
According to his service history, submitted when applying for his Master's Certificate in 1879, William first went to sea in 1859, at the age of 15 years, as a cook and Ordinary Seaman on the Goole sailing vessel, Ellen. He joined the ship on 5th July 1859 and left on 18th October the same year. He did not return to sea until Junje 1863.
He sailed from Goole for the first time as a ship's master on 1st November 1876, in command of the Goole steamship Rosa (Humber Steamship Co. Ltd.
He obtained his Master's Certificate on 8th April 1879 and continued as master of the S S Rosa until October 1884. From 1884 - 1886, he commanded both SS Rosa and SS Norma, becoming full Master of the SS Norma in August 1886.
Captain Dimberline died in 1897. The following reports appeared in The Goole Times:
According to his service history, submitted when applying for his Master's Certificate in 1879, William first went to sea in 1859, at the age of 15 years, as a cook and Ordinary Seaman on the Goole sailing vessel, Ellen. He joined the ship on 5th July 1859 and left on 18th October the same year. He did not return to sea until Junje 1863.
He sailed from Goole for the first time as a ship's master on 1st November 1876, in command of the Goole steamship Rosa (Humber Steamship Co. Ltd.
He obtained his Master's Certificate on 8th April 1879 and continued as master of the S S Rosa until October 1884. From 1884 - 1886, he commanded both SS Rosa and SS Norma, becoming full Master of the SS Norma in August 1886.
Captain Dimberline died in 1897. The following reports appeared in The Goole Times:
19th March 1879
"CAPTAIN DIMBERLINE'S DEATH
The inquest on the body of Wm Dimberline, who died suddenly on Tuesday afternoon was held at the Burlington Hotel on Thursday afternoon, before Major Arundel (coroner), Mr R H Huntington was the foreman of the jury. Harriet Garner, wife of Thomas Garner, living at 8 Sotheron Street, said she went to deceased residence on Tuesday about half-past one, because Mrs Dimberline sent her son to say that Captain Dimberline was in a fit. She, with her husband, went at once and found him sitting in his chair unconscious. He lived about twenty minutes after she got there, not regaining consciousness. Just lately he had complained of being very poorly. Dr Charles Granger Brown said he had made a post-mortem examination of the body. From the examination he attributed the death to syncope, due to the weak condition of the heart. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence."
26th March 1897
"THE FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN DIMBERLINE
The body of Captain Dimberline was laid to rest in Goole Cemetery on Friday afternoon. Several ship captains and officers who were personal friends of the deceased gentleman and a muster of officers and members of the Morning Star Lodge of Oddfellows of which he was a member, attended as a last mark of respect. The Rev. W. H. Carr (vicar) read the burial service and Mr A. Lamb read the funeral oration of the order over the grave. The members will attend divine service at the Parish Church tomorrow morning, when a special service will be held."
Thank you to Brian Masterman for providing this information.