Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1898 | L.H. Carl | L.H. Carl |
On a voyage from Barry for Rouen with a cargo of 2900 tons of coal & a total crew of 25 the Danish steamship L.H. Carl was torpedoed by German submarine UB-40 (Hans Howaldt) & sank 14 miles off Portland Bill in 50.26N/2.48W on 20 July 1917. Master T. Davies.
Two lives were lost: Barsaunian, fireman, b. USA; Kumon, S, donkeyman, Hiroshome, Japan.
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.