Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1900 | Ben Aden | North British Steam Fishing Co. | |
1916 | Ben Aden | A.H. Davison | |
1915 | Ben Aden | R.H. Davison & Co. |
The Hartlepool-owned trawler Ben Aden (HL 2), was captured and sunk by the German submarine UB-39, some 15 miles east of Hartlepool, on July 14th, 1916. There were no casualties.
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.