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Ashmore
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Ashmore | Adam & Co. |
Fate
The steamship Ashmore sank after striking a mine laid by UC-3, 5 miles east of the Kentish Knock Light Vessel on September 12th, 1915. The ship was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina, to Rotterdam with a cargo of maize.
Four of the crew were lost, including Joseph Ernest Hutton, of West Hartlepool.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Buchanan, Duncan; Cooper, Frank; Smith, Thomas.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
