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Beeswing

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1889 Beeswing J. Crass & Co.
1914 Beeswing Bowser Ormston

Fate

The steamship Beeswing sailed from the Tyne on March 2nd, 1915, bound for Dieppe with a cargo of coal, and was not heard from again. It was presumed the ship had been mined or torpedoed with the loss of all 21 crew.

Three men from West Hartlepool were lost :
William Henry Prentice, Master
William Henry Prentice, 1st Mate
Harry Mitschke, Sailor

The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Allvin, Walter Hobson; Anderson, William; Broden, Frank; Brown, J.; Chipchase, Clement Robson; De Feries, R.G.; Gorgensen, Anton; Graham, George Keedy; Harrison, James William; Harvey, George; Helm, T.; Ludlow, Albert Edward; Middleton, Charles; Morley, Thomas; Ogren, B.; Peterson, T.; Richards, William; Strom, Henry; Thompson, J.W.

 

 

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