Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1906 | Buxton | Deddington S.S. Co. Ltd. |
On a voyage from Archangel for France with a cargo of timber Buxton was wrecked on Bear Island (Behrend Island), in the Arctic, on October 12th, 1916. Master F.W. Kirk.
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.