Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1897 | Sceptre | Hall Bros. | |
1917 | Nyassa | Maclay & McIntyre |
The British steamship Nyassa was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-57 (Otto Steinbrinck), 3 miles east of the Lizard, on November 24th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rouen with a cargoi of coal. No lives were lost. Master M. Halcrow.
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.