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Rydal Hall
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | Rydal Hall | R. Alexander & Co. |
Fate
The steamship Rydal Hall was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-75, 14 miles east of the Roayl Sovereign Light Vessel, on December 1st, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Calcutta to Dunkirk with a cargo of manganese ore.
Four crew were lost including 3rd Engineer Algernon Wright of West Hartlepool.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Anderson, James; Darmody, Charles Albert Edward; Sydney, Eric Frederick.
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Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
