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Oldfield Grange
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Oldfield Grange | Houlder Line Ltd. |
Fate
On June 7th, 1917, the steamship Oldfield Grange was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel (some 11 miles east of the Owers Light Vessel), by the German submarine UB-40. The ship was beached and then salvaged by the Royal Navy salvage vessel HMS Linton (between 8th and 12th June), which was later awarded prize money for this work (Royal Navy Gazette No.30958, published 18th October, 1918).
The website ‘Uboat.net’ shows the ship was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia in ballast, but it has been suggested that she may have been carrying a cargo of copper and lead.
On December 11th, 1917, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-62 (Ernst Hashagen), some 30 miles North-East of Tory Island (Northern Ireland), on a voyage from New York to Cardiff, with general cargo. No lives were lost. Master W. Dalziel.
Related items :
Hartlepool Ship Losses - First World War
