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Lorca
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Lorca | English & American Shipping Co. Ltd. |
Fate
The steamship Lorca was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-49, 200 miles west of Ushant, on November 15th, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Gulfport and Norfolk, Virginia, to Calais with a cargo of timber.
All 32 crew were lost including West Hartlepool-born Patrick C. Leaman, Fireman, aged 21.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Abbot, Thomas R.; Austwick, Nicholas; Bain, John Emslie; Barnett, Alfred Lambert; Beadon, J.E.; Caros, G.; Cavalieratos, S.; Cilia, Saverio; Fletcher, Sidney Henry; Hardberg, Gustaf; Harvey, Andrew; Hunter, Samuel; Johnston, James; Key, Robert Bell; Lalanza, J.; Lawlor, Morgan; Macalli, J.; Martinez, Francisco; Nilsson, Eric William; Rogers, Arthur Charles; Scicluna, Salvatore; Stafford, John; Stavrus, Demitrez; Steel, John; Trevor, Alfred Norman; Undu, J.; Vallos, C.; Wensberg, Rudolf; Williams, J.M.; Williams, Percival Leith; Willis, Thomas
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Hartlepool Crew Losses - First World War
