Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1894 | Wenvoe | Morel & Co. | |
1916 | Bayvoe | Bay Steamship Co. |
The British steamship Bayvoe was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-84 (Walter Roehr)off Lorient, on January 9th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Portland, Maine, to Bordeaux with a cargo of wheat. 4 crew were lost: Michael E. Balled (3rd Engineer); Magesan Nayudu (Fireman/Trimmer); Loya Nissim (Messroom Steward); and Eo Sevastiadis (Cook).
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.