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Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879 | Eden | Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd. | |
| 1899 | Eden | R. Brown & Sons Ltd. | |
| 1908 | Eden | AS Eden |
The Norwegian steamship Eden was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-70 (Werner Furbringer), 10 miles south of Worthing, on April 30th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from the Tyne to Rouen with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost. Master O. Kopstad.
Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd.Founded in 1874 by Robert Ropner, the company owned, managed & built ships.
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