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Romford
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Romford | Watts Watts & Co. |
Fate
The steamship Romford sank on February 10th, 1918, after striking a mine laid by UC-67, off Tunis. The ship was on a voyage from Barry to Tunis and Bizerta with a cargo of phosphates.
Twenty seven crew were lost including two from the Hartlepools: Henry Snowdon and Stephen John Wardman.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Caruana, Giovanni; Chapman, Frank Stanley; Child, John William; Cook, Henry Philip; Doughty, Alfred; Forrest, Albert Edward; Goodman, James; Green, Geo; Hannam, Sydney George; Hynes, Edward; Ismail Muhammad; Jenkins, Archibald James Lisle; John, Percival Robert; Korlowski, P.; Lloyd, Robert; Murphy, John; Olsen, O.; Peterson, Indrik; Porter, William; Renwick, Grenville William; Ross, William; Soppitt, Richard; Stevens, George; Wais, Ismail; Webber, Frederick Chas.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
