Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1900 | Skipsea | Sea Steamship Co. Ltd. | |
1913 | Lily | N.G. Calvocoressis & E. Culucundis |
The Greek steamship Lily was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-53 (Robert Sprenger), 50 miles west of Port Said, on December 31st, 1917. She was on a voyage from Calcutta. Master Culucundis.
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.