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Hebburn

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1907 Hebburn Burnett S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

The steamship Hebburn was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-91, east of Cork, on September 25th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Barry to an unknown destination with coal and general cargo.

Six of the crew were lost including Hartlepool-born Robert Henderson.

The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Arthur, Robert; Cooper, Richard; Craner, Sydney James; Huggitt, John William; Monios, Jose.

 

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