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Rhineland
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Rhineland | Liverpool & Hamburg S.S. Co. Ltd. |
Fate
The steamship Rhineland sank on November 11th, 1915, after striking a mine laid by UC-3, 6 miles south-east of Southwold. The ship was on a voyage from the Tees to Nantes with a cargo of steel bars.
Twenty crew were lost including Hartlepool-born James Chalk, Fireman/Trimmer, and Donkeyman Harry H. Redman.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Andersen, S.; Bauman, A.; Blackmore, James; Carlile, Malcolm Lawrence; Dobie, William Winship; Fanning, Frederick; Griffin, C.; Hewitt, Walter; Jones, Daniel Lewis; Ledden, Walter; Pedersen, J.; Pierre, G.; Reinort, J.; Roth, Arthur V.; Spring, John; Takaishi, Genji; Upman, Wilhelm; Walker, J.
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Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
