Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1888 | Crathorne | R. Ropner & Company | |
1912 | Crathorne | O.A.T. Skjelbred |
The British steamship Crathorne was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-64, off Benidorm, on December 11th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Baltimore to Genoa with an unspecified cargo. Three lives were lost. Master A. Bugge.
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.
Founded in 1874 by Robert Ropner, the company owned, managed & built ships.
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