Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1893 | Gondola | W. Lamplough & Co. | |
1894 | Linwood | C. Klaveness |
The steamship Linwood sailed from Gibraltar on January 21st, 1917, bound for Maryport with a cargo of iron ore, but was not heard from again.
All 25 crew were lost including Hartlepool-born William Fairless, Fireman/Trimmer.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Athens, Peter; Capel, James Hoskins; Carlios, L.V.; Chicifors, Spero; Fairweather, Eric; George, Edwin Henry; Giraldeg, Angel; Grieve, John Mearns; Hansen, Hermand; Harrison, Walter Tell; Hedley, William; Johnsen, J.; Jonsson, Olof Herman; Kairis, P.; Madsen, A.; Page, William Henry; Pipe, Samuel George; Ries, Michael; Roftovolos, Marie; Sorensen, Fokole; Stenhouse, W.J.; Stewart, Norman; Watkins, Edwin Boradale.
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.