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Moidart
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | Moidart | J. Gardiner & Sons | |
| 1893 | Moidart | J. Cormack & Co. |
Fate
The Hartlepool-built steamship Moidart was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-77 (Johannes Ries), 7 miles off Lyme Regis on June 9th, 1918. She was on a voyage from Barry to an un-named destination with a cargo of coal. Master - J. Bain.
Fifteen crew were lost including one from the Hartlepools:
James Needham.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were:
Bestman, Tom; Bubbins, Albert; Donaldson, Thomas; Drever, William; Dunn, Robert; John, John; Lee, Thomas; Marin, Andre; McGurdy, William; Samson, John; Soderlund, Peter; Stewart, John Wallace; Thomson, William; Yahya Baqir.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
