Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1913 | Orlock Head | Ulster Steam Ship Co. Ltd. |
Sunk by gunfire from the German submarine U-34 (Claus Rucker), 65 miles south-east of Barcelona on April 12th, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Genoa to Glasgow with general cargo. No lives were lost.
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.
A rather grainy image of the steamship Orlock Head.
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