Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1895 | Marie Elsie | Rodocanachi Sons | |
1910 | Marie Elsie | Scaramanga Bros. | |
1916 | Marie Elsie | London-American Maritime Trading Co. Ltd. |
The steamship Marie Elsie was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-28 (Georg Schmidt), off northern Finland, on June 10th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Penarth to Archangel with a cargo of coal. 3 crew were lost. Master O.E. Fremantle.
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.