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Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Arabistan | F.C. Strick & Co. | |
| 1929 | Bandar Shapour | Strick Line Ltd. |
On a voyage from Abadan for Mormugao, Takoradi, Freetown & the UK with a general cargo including manganese ore, oil seeds & rubber with a total complement of 78 Bandar Shapour was torpedoed by German submarine U-515 (Werner Henke) & sank between Takoradi & Freetown on 30 April 1943. The survivors were picked up by HMS Birdlip. One passenger was lost. Master Wilfred Allinson Chappell.
MV Arabistan
Created by Francis Elsdon
Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceMV Arabistan. Gray built in 1927.
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