Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1900 | Northlands | Northlands S.S. Co. Ltd. |
Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-33 (Konrad Gansser), 24 miles south-west of Beachy Head, on April 5th, 1915. The ship was on a voyage from La Goulette to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore. The crew spent over 7 hours in the two lifeboats before being picked up by Belgian steamer Topass. No lives were lost. Master H.A. Sperring.
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.