Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1894 | Straits of Menai | N. MacClean & Co. | |
1910 | Chalkydon | J. Avrantidi Sons | |
1897 | Straits of Menai | British Maritime Trust Ltd. | |
1900 | Straits of Menai | Jenkins & Co. | |
1912 | Chalkydon | Bank of Athens |
The Greek steamship Chalkydon was sunk by gunfire from the German submarine U-155 (Karl Meusel), in the North Atlantic on July 15th, 1917. No lives were lost. Master 1913-17 J. Pnevmaticos.
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.