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Elizabeth Hampson's parents William Hampson ( a Sailor) and Maria Levey,  Her siblings were Jane Jones Nee Hampson (my ancestor), Michael John Hampson, William Hampson, Susan Hampson, Maria Anna Barry nee Hampson, Marie Kathleen Hampson, Helena Carolan nee Hampson.
Elizabeth married ----- Kiernan, she went to live in Australia, possibly New South Wales. I have pictures from relatives sent to my GGGrandmother Jane, but it wasn't until recently that I found out which family member had gone out there. I'm hoping to find her descendants.

This list so far contains 18 members of the crew plus one passenger that died on the SS Adela.

I would like to know the names of the other 5 that lost their lives that day.

The Adela was a cargo ship, a 3 masted iron steamer owned by R Tedcastle & co. Dublin. Ships role: Dublin/Liverpool service. The crew except for 2 were Merchant seamen.
On the 27th of Dec 1917 the defensively armed Adela was 12 NW of Skerries when without warning she was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat 100 under the command of captain Frhr Degenhardt Von Loe. 24 lives lost. I googled the names I found to see if I could find out about them, this led me to the Mackey family ww1, they had newspaper articles on their family site, obviously Im not allowed post them here. According to the Daily Sketch, about 8 crew got into a lifeboat, they spent 16 hours floating in the channel as they had no oars, 3 got washed away and 4 died from exposure which just left the Captain, M Tyrrell. From the list you can see who got onto the lifeboat. The Indo had a couple of articles also, title - The latest Victims, Stricken Dublin Homes, also -Dublin Victims of Disaster, Urgent need for help. These articles tell of the hardship faced by the families left behind plus details of victims. 

Hi, first of all Im a newbe and have limited computer skills, I would like to thank the regulars on this site for any leads and information I know, I got here, I'm interested in d company 2nd battalion, my grandfather's brother was a member, His  name was Thomas Patrick Wheatley, born 1879 died 1941, he was a solicitors clerk,he married Sheila Smith 1929, they didnt have any kids, I have found him and the rest of the family in censuses, he is listed on medals.org, he is also mentioned in the 1966 commemoration magazine of St joseph school, they interviewed my granda Joseph, this is how I found out it was d co 2nd batt, he was with the G.P.O. garrisson, also in the sin fein handbook though spelled Whitely, he was imprisoned knutsford until 1st may then onto Frongach, he was also involved in the war of independence, though I have no idea what he got up to, he was pro treaty, he worked in the civil service for the rest of his life, I found in some auction catalogues online sketches by him, one was the Alter in the camp ballykinlar 1921,  I couldnt see the others but one was the camp at Frongach, his sister was somehow involved but I don't  know what way, her name was Margaret Wheatley, Iam waiting to see if Thomas is mentioned by other volunteers in the witness statements when they come out in March, now if anyone can confirm he was in d co 2nd battalion that would be great,  sorry this is so long but I didn't want to waste peoples time sending me info I already know.