Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1904 | Stephanotis | Stag Line Ltd. | |
1916 | Hackensack | Hackensack S.S. Co. Ltd. |
The steamship Hackensack was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-82, 180 miles north-west of Fastnet, on April 25th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba, to Queenstown with a cargo of sugar.
Six of the crew were lost including West Hartlepool-born Thomas William Lowes.
The other five crewmen who lost their lives were: Ali Yusuf; Elma, Omar; Hasan Muhammad; Hashim Ali; Umar Muhammad.
In this section you will find information, photographs and stories relating to more than 260 Hartlepool seamen who lost their lives during during the First World War, and of the ships they served on.
To find a particular crewman, simply type his Surname in the Search Box at the top of the page.