Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1904 | Kingtor | R.H. Holman | |
1913 | Tarbetness | Fargrove S.N. Co. Ltd | |
1917 | Tarbetness | Letricheux Line Ltd |
The British steamship Tarbatness was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-110 (Karl Kroll), 12 miles south-west of Carnarvon Light Vessel, on March 7th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Manchester to an un-named destination with general cargo.
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.
The steamship Tarbetness, originally built as the Kingtor.
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