Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1906 | Elloe | Bennetts & Co. | |
1912 | Isle of Jura | Isles Steam Shg. Co. Ltd. |
The British steamship Isle of Jura was sunk by the German submarine U-39 (Walter Forstmann), 15 miles off Cape Spartel, Morocco, on June 8th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Savona with a cargo of coal and munitions. Two lives were lost.
Tobias Harmansen and Gustaf Karlsen.
This section will, in time, contain the stories of more than 450 merchant ships built or owned in the Hartlepools, and which were lost during the First World War. As an illustration of the truly global nature of shipbuilding, these ships were owned by companies from 22 different countries, including more than 30 sailing under the German flag at the outbreak of war.