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Eversley
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Eversley | H. Scholefield & Son | |
| 1916 | Isleworth | Watts Watts & Co. |
Fate
The steamship Isleworth was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-17, 3 miles south-west of Ventnor Pier, Isle of Wight, on April 30th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore.
Twenty nine of the crew were lost including two from the Hartlepools: James Garrett, Captain, and 2nd Engineer William Henry Stone.
The other crewmwn who lost their lives were: Abdul Hamid; Ahmad Hasan; Alloway; Bain, William; Bates, William Ernest; Casey, Thomas John; Fisher, Hector Fuge; Hansen, H.; Hardy, Wilfred C.; Hawkey, Mervyn Collier; Heatley, William; James, Reginald Henry; Jones, John Daniel; Levett, George Newton; Lumsden, Forbes Pratt; Muhammad Saleh; Musa Ahmad; Reidy, Maurice; Sale Muhammad; Saleh Ahmad; Siddle, Joseph; Simms, Gordon Lutwitch; Slack, George Ronald; Smith, Thomas Andrew; Thomas, Joseph; Vickery, Edgar George; Williams, Philip Rees.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
