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					Year | 
				
					Name | 
				
					Owner | 
			
			
							|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Penmount | Penmount S.S. Co. Ltd. | |
| 1920 | Penmount | R.B. Chellew S.N. Co. Ltd. | |
| 1928 | Barta | Latvian Government | |
| 1940 | Barta | USSR Government | 
Bombed and sunk by aircraft near Kronshtadt on September 21st, 1941. The waterlogged ship sat on the seabed but remained partly out of the water & was used by the Russians as an observation post. The vessel was raised on March 31st, 1944 and broken-up the following year.
Barta
				
																				Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceThe steamship Barta, originally launched as the Penmount.
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