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Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Tynehome | Home Shipping Co. Ltd. | |
| 1914 | Camellia | Stag Line Ltd. |
Fate
The steamship Camellia sailed from Dakar bound for the UK on November 27th, 1917 and was not heard from again. It was presumed she had been sunk by a U-boat, but this has not been confirmed.
All 35 crew were lost including West Hartlepool-born Robert Gibson Parker.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Abdul Hasan; Ahern, Timothy; Ahmad Ali; Anderson, William; Angelo, Isac; Arai, Y; Christofis, Demetrie; Crowther, Charles Henry; Ellis, James Percy; Fitzgerald, Edward; Fletcher, George Cuthbert; Grogan, William Thomas; Ibrahim Hasan; Joshua, James Edwin Nathaniel; Leary, Denis; Leban, Sherry De; Martin, Norman; Maxwell, Joseph Charlton; Patrick, Charles Guy; Safstrom, A.; Svensson, A.; Thomas, Robert; Umar Muhammad; Whitfield, Ernest; Woodward, Rowland; Yama, A.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
