BRAINE, CARL SVEND, Acting Lieut.. Royal Naval Reserve, 4th 8. of George Duncan Braine, of Kirkmichael, Galton Road, Westcliff-on-Sea. co. Essex, Trinity House Pilot, by his wife. Mary Emslie, dau. of Capt. William Robertson, of Peterhead, co. Aberdeen. Merchant Service: b.8 June. 1894; edue. Lindisfarne College, Westcliff-on-Sea, and H.M.S. Conway. Rock Ferry, co. Chester: joined the Clan Line of Glasgow as Midshipman in 1910; obtained 2nd Mate’s Certificate in 1913: appointed 5th Officer R.M.S.P. Trent: gazetted Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve in 1911 on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914. appointed Sub-Lieut. H.M.S. Hildebrand, 10th Cruiser Squadron; volunteered for special service, and from Oct. 1917. served on H.M.S. Anchusa, which was then fitted out as a mystery ship, and was lost at sea when that ship was torpedoed by enemy submarine 16 July, 1918. A survivor wrote: “A better officer to serve under I will never find.” and Lieut. Broadbent, Commander School Ship Conway: “He served his country loyally and most usefully for four years, and died a sailor’s death ….unflinchingly.” Uum.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5