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Bertie - a general history

Completed September: Official No. 81659: Code Letters WCFK: Code Letters JHGQ.

Owners: 1881 Otto Trechmann, West Hartlepool; 1895 Trechmann Brothers, West Hartlepool; 1897 Trechmann S.S. Co. Ltd. West Hartlepool; 1897 Angfartygs A/B Bothnia (A.A. Thore) Jonstorp, Sweden–renamed Bothnia; 1916 Red. A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg.

Masters: 1883-85 J Newton; 1885-86 B Cater; 1891-92 H Nicholson; 1893 T Martin; 1897 John Forrest Ormandy (b. 1848 Sunderland C.N. 16467 South Shields 1873); 1894 T Martin; 1896 HCT Hintzke; 1909 CA Paulson.

On 18 July 1885 Bertie was ashore at Suakim, Egypt.

In a convoy of six merchant vessels which were sailing from Scotland to Norway escorted by four armed trawlers & two destroyers, Partridge& Pellew. Bothnia was on a voyage from Newcastle to Bergen with a crew of 20 when she was sunk by shells from German cruisers V.100 AND S.1010 under the command of Captain Heinicke. All the trawlers & merchant vessels were sunk by the attack which took place in the North Sea in 59.43N/4.10E on 12 December 1917. Ten lives were lost.

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