Year |
Name |
Owner |
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1909 | Broomhill | Broomhill Collieries Ltd. |
The British steamship Broomhill was sunk by UC-61 (Georg Gerth) south-west of Portland Bill, on May 10th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Penarth to Sheerness, with a cargo of coal. Two crew were lost. Brothers James and John Jones of Nevin.
TRIAL TRIPS OF STEAMERS.
(Northern) Daily Mail, April/21/1909.
On Tuesday the steel screw steamer, Broomhill, built by Messer’s. Irvine’s Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, to the order of Messer’s the Broomhill Collieries, Limited, Newcastle-on-Tyne, proceeded on her trial trip in Hartlepool bay. The vessel is an up-to-date self-trimming collier 260ft. in length by 36ft. by 17ft. Fitted with poop, raised quarter deck, bridge, and forecastle, and takes Lloyd’s 100 A1 class.
Triple expansion engines have been supplied and fitted by Messer’s Richardsons, Westgarth, and Co, Limited, Hartlepool, the sizes of cylinders being 181/2in., 30in., and 50in. by 36in. stroke, with two boilers working at a pressure of 180lbs. Per square inch. During the trial the engines and auxiliary machinery worked most smoothly, a speed of 10 knots being obtained.
The owners were represented by Messer’s. Coats, Graham, and Tose, the shipbuilders by Mr. J. B. Roberts, and the engine builders by Mr. G. Urquhart.
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.