Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1913 | Noorderdijk | Nederlandsch- Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Mij. |
The Dutch steamship Noorderdijk was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-21 (Otto Hersing), 30 miles north-west of the Scilly Isles, on February 22nd, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam with a cargo of wheat and corn meal. Master J. de Koning.
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.