Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1898 | Ran | J.R. Olsen | |
1915 | Idaho | C. Haaland | |
1918 | Idaho | The Shipping Controller |
On August 19th, 1918, the British-registered steamship Idaho, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-107 (Kurt Siewert), 120 miles off north-west Spain. Master F.W. Kirk. Eleven crew were lost.
1899: Managing Owner Jacob R. Olsen. Registered Bergen. Master (1899-1907), P. Hansen; (1908-1911), K.B. Jensen; (1912-1913), O. Hansen; (1914-1915), I. Borve.
1915: Owner - Dampskibsselskab Aktieselskab Idaho [i.e. the Idaho Steamship Company Limited]. Manager - Christian Haaland. Registered Haugesund (Norway). Master (1915-1917), P. Ommundsen.
1918: Owner - The Shipping Controller. Manager - Henry Samman & Co., Hull. Master - F.W. Kirk.
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.