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.
This photograph shows either the steamship Oosterdijk or Westerdijk, of the Holland-America Line, leaving the Old Harbour and heading out to sea on trials in 1913.
More detail »The Dutch steamer Oosterdijk.
More detail »Plan of the Oosterdijk's general arrangement.
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