FRYATT

Charles, British sailor, born 2nd Dec., 1872, shot by the Germans on 27th July, 1916. Hntering the merchant service in 1904, hae obtained his master’s certificate in 597 FUAD 1905, and was promoted captain in 1913. During the European War, Captain Fryatt’s ship, the cro -Channel steamer Bru els, was attacked by a German submarine on 3rd March, 1915, but escaped. On the 28th of the same month it was again attacked by a U-boat near the Maas Lightship, and almost succeeded in ramming the submarine. Captain Fryatt was thanked by the British Admiralty for his action, but the enemy pretended that he had acted against the usages of war, as he did not belong to the combatant forces. On 23rd June, 1916, Captain Fryatt was captured by a German destroyer, taken to Zeebrugge, and thence to Ruhleben and Bruges, where he was tried by court-martial as a franctireur. Sentenced to death on 27th of Fucus Twin Bladder Wrack Serrated Wrack July, he was shot on the same day. Aiter the conclusion of the European War, Captain Fryatt’s body was brought to England and buried at Dover court on 9th July, 1919.