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Note: 1901 census records Vivian Llewellyn, 13, born London Clapham County London, Parish Lambeth, Occupation Clerk Business. Vivian's Navy discharge papers show that he entered the navy on the 19th August 1909 with his address shown as 23 Jospehine avenue , Brixton Hill S.W.
His religion was listed as Cof E and that he could swim. His civil employment was shown as a clerk. He was 5' 5 1/2" with an inflated chest of 35 1/2" and deflated at 33" , fair hair , fair complexion and blue eyes with no marks, wounds or scars listed.
The record shows " 7th june 1919 - Llewellyn states that he has was not mobilised on 2.8.1914 as he arrived from South Africa in Septmeber 1914. he was granted a commission as a paymaster RNR and served as under : 8.9.1914 - 31.3.1918 HMS Edinburgh Castle 25.9.1918 - 30.4.1919 HMS Glory iV ( Russian cruiser "Astrold") Note *** typo or misheard and should be "Askold"
The following vessel information is from website http://www.hmshollyhock.co.uk/ vessel EDINBURGH CASTLE (2) was built in 1910 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast with a tonnage of 13362grt, a length of 570ft, a beam of 64ft 5in and a service speed of 14 knots. Sister of the Balmoral Castle she was the last of a group of almost identical ships and replaced the Norman. On 14th August 1914 sailed from Cape Town with mail and government only passengers to Gibraltar where she embarked troops before being escorted to England by HMS Minerva. She was then taken over as an auxiliary cruiser for the South Atlantic patrol and in January 1915 sailed from Devonport for South Africa with White Star's Ceramic to hunt for the German ships Karlsruhe and Kronprins Wilhelm. In 1918 served in the North Atlantic on convoy work. She returned to Union-Castle's commercial service in July 1919. In 1938, Edinburgh Castle was withdrawn from service and laid up at Netley. In August 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty to prevent her being scrapped.
In January 1940, she was purchased by the Admiralty and stationed at Freetown, Sierra Leone, as an accommodation ship for sailors and survivors of sunken ships. She was one of a relatively small number of merchant vessels to serve in both world wars. She was released from service in September 1945, but by then so much growth had accumulated on her hull during her years at Freetown that she could not be economically returned to Britain for refitting. So, towed 60 miles out to sea, she was sunk by the Royal Navy in a target practice exercise.
ASKOLD Website http://www.hazegray.org/mysteries/oldmyst/ansgrp05.htm records following re HMS Glory IV previously the Russian Cruiser "Askold" The Russian protected cruiser Askold is distinguished by her five tall funnels - the only large warship to have such an arrangement. Askold was completed in 1901 and served the early years of her career in the Far East and in Siberian waters. She was thrice damaged during the Russo-Japanese war. Her final battle during that war was the Battle of the Yellow Sea, where she sustained heavy damage but survived by outrunning the Japanese. Following the battle she put in to Shanghai and was interned there for the remainder of the war. During WWI Askold moved to the Mediterranean and participated in opertions in the Dardanelles. During 1916-1917 she was overhauled in Italy and in the UK, and transferred to service in Arctic waters in September of 1917. A few months later, in the chaos of the Bolshevik Revolution, she came under Bolshevik control. Askold was seized by the British 14 July 1918, during their intervention in the Civil War, and was commissioned as HMS Glory IV on 3 August 1918. Her career in British service was short, however, as she was returned to the new Soviet government in 1921, and sold for scrapping in Germany the following year.
Vivian died on the 4th November 1926 at 23 Josephine avenue , Brixton, Surrey. His will was administered on the 8th December 1826 to his brother Arthur Llewellyn, bank clerk, 330 pounds 11 shiillings and 8 pence. Arthur was recorded as " Arthur Alde Llewellyn" ?
Auntie Robin recalls a family story of Vivian being a purser with the P & O line and possibly lost at sea. There is a picture of him in naval uniform in front of a ship.
Alan Homes wrote : I've searched the 'Deaths at Sea' index from 1901 to 1965 to see if Vivian Llewellyn (b.1888) is mentioned, as your comments on the Worldconnect site said that he may have been lost at sea. This index should record any death aboard a British merchant ship (but not Royal Naval vessels). Although there were a few 'Llewellyns' listed there was no 'Vivian'.
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