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					Year | 
				
					Name | 
				
					Owner | 
			
			
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Araxes | Unknown Owner | |
| 1898 | Marselisborg | DS af 1896 | 
The Danish steamship Marselisborg was sighted off Norfolk, Virginia, on 23rd December, 1914, but then not heard from again. The ship was on a voyage from Pensacola for Copenhagen with a cargo of oilcake. Master H. Fischer. 26 lives were lost.
Hartlepool Ship Losses - First World WarThis section will, in time, contain the stories of more than 450 merchant ships built or owned in the Hartlepools, and which were lost during the First World War. As an illustration of the truly global nature of shipbuilding, these ships were owned by companies from 22 different countries, including more than 30 sailing under the German flag at the outbreak of war.
Marselisborg
				
																				Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceThe steamship Marselisborg, originally launched as the Araxes.
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Marselisborg - Lives lostMasters: 1899 P. Hartman: 1902-04 A.M. Andersen: 1905-06 J. Mathiasen: 1909 A. Andersen: 1914 H. Fischer.
Went missing after 23 December 1914. 26 lives lost.
Lives lost December 1914: Christensen, K Chr, Voer, Estruplund; Emerik, RC Winther, mess boy, Holbaek; Fischer, Hans Carl, master, Copenhagen; Hansen, LK, Svaneke; Hansen, L Th, Copenhagen; Hedegaard, J, engineer, Copenhagen; Jensen, O, Endelave; Knudsen, N, Kjerteminde; Knudsen, Niels; Laursen, K, Grumstrup; Lindorf, JLG, steward, Copenhagen; Lulk, Otto, Rusland; Madsen, JVH, Copenhagen; Madsen, Minden, Th. F, 1st mate, Copenhagen; Nielso, CT, Korsor; Nielson, LP, engineer, Aarhus; Olsen, HF, Ravnsby Bakke; Petersen, HSF, 3rd mate, Faeroerne; Rask, PL, Kalundborg; Rasmussen, RP, 2nd mate, Freugde; Schloffermann, J, Rusland; Sorensen, AHP, Fredericia; Sorensen, OF, Allerslev; Svensson, O, Skane; Waldmann, Chr. G, 1st engineer, Copenhagen; Willumsen, JJ, 2nd engineer, Copenhagen.
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