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Wega
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Wega | H. Molzen |
Fate
The steamship Wega was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-71, 20 miles west of the Royal Sovereign Light Vessel, on June 14th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Cowes with a cargo of coal.
5 crew were lost including three from the Hartlepools:
John George Copeman, Fireman; James Davidson, Fireman; and William Walton, 2nd Engineer.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Axel Andersen, and Frederick John Clark.
Related items :
Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
