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Gondola

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1893 Gondola W. Lamplough & Co.
1894 Linwood C. Klaveness

Fate

The steamship Linwood sailed from Gibraltar on January 21st, 1917, bound for Maryport with a cargo of iron ore, but was not heard from again.
All 25 crew were lost including Hartlepool-born William Fairless, Fireman/Trimmer.

The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Athens, Peter; Capel, James Hoskins; Carlios, L.V.; Chicifors, Spero; Fairweather, Eric; George, Edwin Henry; Giraldeg, Angel; Grieve, John Mearns; Hansen, Hermand; Harrison, Walter Tell; Hedley, William; Johnsen, J.; Jonsson, Olof Herman; Kairis, P.; Madsen, A.; Page, William Henry; Pipe, Samuel George; Ries, Michael; Roftovolos, Marie; Sorensen, Fokole; Stenhouse, W.J.; Stewart, Norman; Watkins, Edwin Boradale.

 

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