Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1899 | Algarve | Det Forenede DS AS |
The steamship Algarve was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-38, 15 miles off Portland Bill, on October 20th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Rouen to Swansea in ballast.
Twenty one crew were lost, including West Hartlepool-born 2nd Engineer John Henry Bell.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Ah Ling; Ah Wong; Ah Yi; Alegy, R.; Bralo, F.; Brooks, Edward; Chu Ng; Davison, Sidney Ford; Holt, John Mountjoy; Kow Leong; Kow Long; Lewis, Patrick George; Ng Hoi; Robertson, James; Romas, R.; Tan Ah Kim; Tucker, John Henry; Whillock, Richard; Wong C.; Wong Wah.
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.