Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1891 | Marietta Ralli | Foscolo Mango & Co. | |
1915 | Glena | A.H. Arvesen | |
1905 | Marietta Ralli | S.A. Siderides. | |
1916 | Glena | F. Siegwarth |
The Norwegian steamship Glena foundered 140 miles north-west of Cape Finisterre on November 1st, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Melilla, Spain, to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore. Master - J.W. Bjonness.
Lives lost: Banks, George Wilfred, signalman, 19, Tyneside; Brown, Osmond, signalman (RNVR) 19, Chester-le-Street; Pearce, Herbert Charles, leading signalman (Royal Navy).
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.