Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1911 | Barrowmore | Lochmore S.S. Co. Ltd. | |
1914 | Barrowmore | Johnston Line Ltd. |
The steamship Barrowmore was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-94 off the Scilly Isles, on 19th February, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Port Talbot with a cargo of copper ore.
23 crew were lost, including two from Hartlepool:
Fred Hughes
George Shepherd
The other crewmen lost were:
Ali Saleh; Andersen, Hans S.; Appelquist, K.; Burgess, James; Chiswell, Sydney Redvers; Clements, Jose; Collins, Cornelius; Conelly, James; Cooper, Euphraim Stanley; Gallagher, James; Gallardo, Juan; Griffin, David; Halvorsen, L.; Hatfield, E.B.; Jensen, A.; Nelson, James; Patrickson, George Anthony; Pursglove, William; Robertson, W.H.; Thijsen, Peter Johan; White, Chas.
In this section you will find information, photographs and stories relating to more than 260 Hartlepool seamen who lost their lives during during the First World War, and of the ships they served on.
To find a particular crewman, simply type his Surname in the Search Box at the top of the page.
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.