Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1916 | Oliphant | Admiralty | |
1916 | Palmleaf | British Government |
Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-54 (Volkhard Freiherr bon Bothmer) off the south-west of Ireland on February 4th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Devonport to Port Arthur in ballast. The master and chief engineer were taken prisoner.
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.