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Beeswing
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | Beeswing | J. Crass & Co. | |
| 1914 | Beeswing | Bowser Ormston |
Fate
The steamship Beeswing sailed from the Tyne on March 2nd, 1915, bound for Dieppe with a cargo of coal, and was not heard from again. It was presumed the ship had been mined or torpedoed with the loss of all 21 crew.
Three men from West Hartlepool were lost :
William Henry Prentice, Master
William Henry Prentice, 1st Mate
Harry Mitschke, Sailor
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Allvin, Walter Hobson; Anderson, William; Broden, Frank; Brown, J.; Chipchase, Clement Robson; De Feries, R.G.; Gorgensen, Anton; Graham, George Keedy; Harrison, James William; Harvey, George; Helm, T.; Ludlow, Albert Edward; Middleton, Charles; Morley, Thomas; Ogren, B.; Peterson, T.; Richards, William; Strom, Henry; Thompson, J.W.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
