Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1914 | Nascent | James Westoll |
The steamship Nascent was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-49, 27 miles south of Bishop Rock, on August 25th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Tegal, Java, to Hull with a general cargo.
Six crew were lost including Carl Ludwig Thulin of West Hartlepool.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Adramitrianos; Bow, William; Dimitriades, Marcus; Edwards, Hywel Oscar; Thomson, Thomas.
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.