Year |
Name |
Owner |
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1903 | Rhineland | Liverpool & Hamburg S.S. Co. Ltd. |
The steamship Rhineland sank on November 11th, 1915, after striking a mine laid by UC-3, 6 miles south-east of Southwold. The ship was on a voyage from the Tees to Nantes with a cargo of steel bars.
Twenty crew were lost including Hartlepool-born James Chalk, Fireman/Trimmer, and Donkeyman Harry H. Redman.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Andersen, S.; Bauman, A.; Blackmore, James; Carlile, Malcolm Lawrence; Dobie, William Winship; Fanning, Frederick; Griffin, C.; Hewitt, Walter; Jones, Daniel Lewis; Ledden, Walter; Pedersen, J.; Pierre, G.; Reinort, J.; Roth, Arthur V.; Spring, John; Takaishi, Genji; Upman, Wilhelm; Walker, J.
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.