Hartlepool Sports & Leisure
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Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
Buteshire
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Buteshire | Turnbull Martin | |
| 1915 | Bollington Grange | Houlder Bros. & Co. | |
| 1916 | Canonesa | Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines Ltd. | |
| 1919 | Magicstar | Blue Star Line |
Fate
The steamship Canonesa was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-57 when some 14 miles off Worthing, on a voyage from Boulogne to Newport in ballast, on May 1st, 1918. Although the ship safely made port, 8 members of the crew were lost, including James Sparke of West Hartlepool.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Bergen, Leo; Diaz, Vincent; Flanagan, Martin Joseph; Minshull, James; Samaras, Alexos; Satchwell, Ernest; Wingden, Samuel.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
