Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1904 | Gisella Groedel | Groedel Bros. S.S. Co. Ltd. | |
1915 | Gisella | Groedel Bros. S.S. Co. Ltd. | |
1916 | Gisella | SS Mary Co. Ltd. |
The British steamship Gisella was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-77 (Reinhard von Rabenau) off Skokholm Island, Wales, on November 18th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to an un-named destination with a cargo of coal. Two crewmen were lost. Master J.T. Muir.
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.