Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1911 | Australian Transport | Empire Transport Co. Ltd. |
The West Hartlepool-registered steamship Australian Transport was torpedoed and sunk by UC-27 (Otto Gerke), 40 miles north-west of Marettimo, Sicily, on August 23rd, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Karachi to Bizerta with a cargo of wheat and onions. Master T. Garbutt. One crewman was lost.
George Mennie, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
This section will, in time, contain the stories of more than 450 merchant ships built or owned in the Hartlepools, and which were lost during the First World War. As an illustration of the truly global nature of shipbuilding, these ships were owned by companies from 22 different countries, including more than 30 sailing under the German flag at the outbreak of war.