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A Potted History Of Hartlepool
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Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Benbrook | Joseph Hoult & Co. Ltd. | |
| 1914 | Hartdale | Unknown |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Alexandria with a cargo of stone & a crew of 31 Hartdale was torpedoed by German submarine (U-27 Berd Wegener) & sank 7 miles SE by E of South Rock, Irish Channel at 6am on 13 March 1915. 29 survivors were picked up by the Swedish steamer Heimdal & landed at Bangor. Master - Thomas Martin. Two lives were lost.
Donachy, John, boatswain, 23, b. Glasgow; McKeegan, Alexander, ordinary seaman, 24, County Antrim
