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Rhenass

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1914 Rhenass J. Cran

Fate

The steamship Rhenass sank on 22nd May, 1916 after striking a mine laid by German submarine UC-10 off Aldeburgh. The ship was on a voyage from Jarrow to Calais with a cargo of pig iron.

Six crew were lost, including two men from the Hartlepools, 2nd Engineer Charles Benjamin Lincoln, and Chief Engineer Thomas Siddell.

The other four men who lost their lives were: Adams, George Edward; Linkula, Waldemar; Melville, Archibald; Somapolich.

 

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