Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1882 | Beechville | R. Shadforth & Co. | |
1895 | Hafursfjord | DS AS Hafursfjord | |
1916 | Hafursfjord | AS Borch II |
The Norwegian steamship Hafursfjord was captured and sunk by the German submarine U-151 (Karl Meusel), in the North Atlantic, on June 2nd, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Cadiz to Haugesund with a cargo of salt. No lives were lost.
This section will, in time, contain the stories of more than 450 merchant ships built or owned in the Hartlepools, and which were lost during the First World War. As an illustration of the truly global nature of shipbuilding, these ships were owned by companies from 22 different countries, including more than 30 sailing under the German flag at the outbreak of war.