Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1886 | Ormiston | Irish Shipowners' Co. Ltd. | |
1888 | Lord Charlemont | Irish Shipowners' Co. Ltd. |
The steamship Lord Charlemont was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34, 22 miles north of Alboran Island, Morocco, on April 19th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from La Spezia, Italy, to Gibraltar in ballast.
Eight crew were lost including Hartlepool-born 3rd Engineer John Phillipson Keasey.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Ah Fong; Chai Sin Lai; Cheung Fook; Chow Fook; Kai Lum; Shun Kan; Tao Lum.
In this section you will find information, photographs and stories relating to more than 260 Hartlepool seamen who lost their lives during during the First World War, and of the ships they served on.
To find a particular crewman, simply type his Surname in the Search Box at the top of the page.