Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
---|---|---|---|
1898 | Marie Susanne | Rodocanachi Sons & Co. | |
1912 | Marie Susanne | Scaramanga Bros. | |
1916 | Marie Susanne | London-American Maritime Trading Co. Ltd. |
The steamship Marie Susanne was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-37 (Otto Kumpel), 47 miles west of Mudros bay, on August 19th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Penarth to Salonika with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost. Master J.T. Smith.
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.