Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1914 | Brisbane River | British Empire S.N. Co. Ltd. |
Captured and sunk by the German submarine U-35 (Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere) off the south-west coast of Spain on April 17th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Malta to Baltimore, in ballast. No lives were lost. The Master, J.M. Pearson was 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.