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Talavera
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Talavera | Scholefield Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. | |
| 1916 | Taplow | Britain S.S. Co. Ltd. |
Fate
The steamship Taplow sailed from Huelva, Spain, on June 5th, 1917, bound for Port Talbot with a cargo of copper and copper ore, but was not heard from again.
All 29 crew were lost including Donkeyman Thomas Austin of West Hartlepool.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Abdullah Ibrahim; Allen, Alexander; Brewer, John; Claringbold, William Frederick; Enfranella, E.; Frank, Alfred; Gay, Hubert; Hampston, Archie Herbert; Hampton, Richard; Harrison, Thomas; Hastie, Edgar Atheling; McInnes, William; Meeds, James; Mitchell, Philip Sidney; Moore, J.C.; Muhammad Abdul; Muhammad Sami; O'Hara, T.; Patterson, Thomas Hepple; Pullok, M.; Roberts, Llewellyn Lloyd; Saiyid Ali; Stephens, William; Stiff, Sydney Albert; Thomas, Griffith Henry; Ward, William Henry; Wightman, William; Wishart, Alexander.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
