Hartlepool Sports & Leisure
Hartlepool Transport
A Potted History Of Hartlepool
Hartlepool Trade & Industry
Hartlepool Health & Education
Hartlepool People
Hartlepool Places
Hartlepool at War
Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | Bessarabia | Taylor, Cameron & Co. | |
| 1894 | Tormes | P.M. Tintore & Co. |
On a voyage from Malaga for Liverpool with a cargo of fruit & wine & a crew of 28 Tormes struck Crow Rock near Pembroke & broke in two on 30 October 1894. 7 were picked up by the steam trawler Exmouth. A boy was washed ashore alive but died soon after. The steward Pablo, one of the survivors, had only one arm & that was broken in several places. 21 lives were lost.
