Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1902 | Drumbain | Christie & Co. | |
1904 | Houtdijk | Solleveld, van der Meer & T.H. van Hattum | |
1908 | Houtdijk | NV Mij ss Houtdijk | |
1910 | Houtdijk | Solleveld, van der Meer & T.H. van Hattum |
Mined and sunk in the Baltic Sea on 20th August, 1914. The ship was on a voyage from St. Petersburg to Rotterdam in ballast. 13 lives were lost including the 1st engineer & his wife.
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.