Hartlepool Sports & Leisure
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- Sport
Hartlepool Transport
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- The Ferry
- Horse drawn vehicles
A Potted History Of Hartlepool
- Unidentified images
- Sources of information
- Archaeology & Ancient History
- Local Government
- Printed Notices & Papers
- Aerial Photographs
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Hartlepool Trade & Industry
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Hartlepool Health & Education
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Hartlepool People
Hartlepool Places
Hartlepool at War
Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
War Ghurka
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | War Ghurka | British Government | |
| 1920 | War Ghurka | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. | |
| 1921 | Caprella | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. | |
| 1925 | Athelfoam | British Molasses Co. Ltd. | |
| 1926 | Athelfoam | United Molasses Co. Ltd. | |
| 1930 | Hird | DS AS Vard | |
| 1936 | Athelstane | United Molasses Co. Ltd. | |
| 1939 | Athelstane | Athel Line Ltd. | |
| 1941 | Athelstane | Tankers Ltd. |
Fate
Bombed and sunk by Japanese carrier fleet aircraft (Admiral Nagumo) off Sri Lanka, on April 9th, 1942.
Hartlepool History Then & Now
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