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Heathpark
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Heathpark | Denholm Line Steamers Ltd. |
Fate
The steamship Heathpark was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-91 near Bilbao on October 5th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Bilbao to Maryport with a cargo of iron ore.
All 25 crew were lost including 2nd Mate Thomas Speedy of West Hartlepool.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Abdul Muhammad; Ahmad Muhammad; Ali Muhammad; Brown, James; Campbell, John; Chalk, Samuel Walter; Dahl, Elif. M.; Donaldson, John; Eriksen, Charles; Flaherty, Crawford; Hess, James Otto; ; Hughes, Evan; Husam Ali; Illingworth, Edward Gordon; Jones, David Kenneth; Jones, Hugh; Lewis, David Llewelyn; McInnes, Duncan Ritchie; McLeod, William; Muhammad Sharif; Nygaard; Qasim Ali; Roberts, William Llewelyn; Williams, Robert.
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Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
