Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1901 | Selsdon | Mitre Shipping Co. Ltd. | |
1913 | Ploughwell | Atlantic Traders Ltd. | |
1914 | Whindyke | Rostra S.S. Co. Ltd. | |
1915 | Whindyke | Nella Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. | |
1917 | Cliftondale | Nella Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. |
The British steamship Cliftondale was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-35 (Lothar von Arnaud de la Periere), 36 miles east of Cape Tenes, Tunisia, on December 25th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to Algiers with coal and general cargo. Three crew were lost. Master F.T. Skellern.
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.