Year |
Name |
Owner |
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1898 | Chicago | T. Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd. | |
1904 | Etonian | Leyland Line Ltd. |
The British steamship Etonian was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-61 (Victor Diekmanm), 34 miles south-east of the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, on March 23rd, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston with general cargo. Seven crew were lost. Master J. Gardner.
Lives lost: Craig, J, horse attendant; Finlayson, Kenneth, seaman, Stornaway; McGee, William, fireman, 45, b. Liverpool; McKay, Thomas, sailor, 18, b. Liverpool; Rudholm, Emil, sailor, 50, b. Sweden; Scarisbrick, Richard William, leading seaman, 32, Liverpool; Wolfunberg, Alfred, horseman, 24, b. USA.
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.