Mary Lohden Gallery

This 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.

Jacob Lohden was in parnership with E. Cory in the company of Cory and Lohden. When the partnership was dissolved in 1881 Jacob continued business as J. Lohden & Co.  Between 1881 and 1894 the company owned ten ships and had branches in Hartlepool, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Leith.

Family History:

Jacob Lohden was born at Horneburg, Germany in 1837 and moved to Hartlepool in 1858. He began work at the firm of Anthony Harris & Co. coal exporters. Jacob became a naturalised British subject and married Mary Paxton on 13 October 1864 at Norham-on-Tweed, Northumberland. By 1871 he and his family were living at Cambridge Terrace, Stranton, by 1881 Station Lane, Seaton Carew and by 1891 Middleton St George.

Jacob was a member of the Seaton Carew Local Board and when Seaton was amalgamated with West Hartlepool he became a member of that Board. He was a member of the Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commisioners, chairman of the Small Damage Club and a director of The Neptune Marine Insurance Company.

Jacob died at Norham-on-Tweed in February 1893 at the age of 56 leaving assets of £8,120. He was interred at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Seaton Carew.

Official No. 86957: Code Letters HRSG: Code Letters JGQL.

Owners: 1883 Jacob Lohden & Co. West Hartlepool: 1894 John B. Lohden, West Hartlepool: 1896 Ang A/B (H. Andersson) Stromstad, Sweden: 1910 Ang A/B (T. Larson) Malmo, Sweden-renamed Mary of Malmo.

Masters: 1883-85 W Wilkinson: 1887-92 TC Tose: 1893-95 S Tose: 1898 A Stahre: 1899 O Cornelius: 1902 CHJ Falkland: 1904 O Corneliussen: 1905 M Andersson: 1907-11 NP Christiansson.

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Monday, 17^th January 1887:
COLLISIONS IN THE TEES. During a dense fog on Saturday morning the s.s. Mary Lohden, laden with ore, from Bilbao, and coming up the River Tees, collided with the s.s. G.M.B. which was proceeding seawards with pig iron for Grangemouth. The G.M.B. was so seriously damaged that the whole of her cargo had to be discharged. — The Mary Lohden afterwards collided with the s.s. Grangemouth, which was leaving for Rotterdam with a general cargo, the latter having to put back for survey. The Mary Lohden was slightly damaged.

19 January 1896 Mary Lohden was in collision with the London sailing barge Security at St Clement’s Reach, Thames. The Security sank