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Middlesbrough during the years 1939 - 1945 |
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and other East Coast Ports played an essential part in maintaining a constant stream of goods both inward and outbound for the Industries and people of Britain these ships and those who sailed them The Merchant Marine remain the unsung hero’s of desperate times Many of those sailors were foreigners to these shores and risked death on a daily basis for the survival of the people of Britain Ships crewed by British, Dutch and Norwegian sailors and many other nationalities sailing for the rights of freedom these brave Men and Women who sailed The North Sea and beyond |
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This site is dedicated to Gerrit Van Oord a Dutch National Merchant Seaman 1939 - 45 |
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A number of vessels sank in The Tees Bay area during 1939-45 |
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Montauban - Tyne + Marseilles driven ashore in a gale Redcar Salt Scar Rocks |
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Mile End - London + Sunderland floundered after collision with armed Trawler HMS Faraday Tees Bay |
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Fairplay 11 - Tug hired by RN ran aground in heavy fog Redcar Salt Scar S side |
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Maindy Hill - Methil + Bayonne floundered after collision Tees Bay |
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Ottoland sunk after hitting German laid Mine - Hartlepool offshore |
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Cargo Fleet No 2 barge - holed by German laid Mine ? Tees Bay |
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Suavity - Sunderland + London hit German laid Mine - one mile North of Hartlepool No 20 Buoy |
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George & Annie - Trawler Mine Sweeper ? - Tees Bay |
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Ravnanger - Tees + Canada - sunk by German Aircraft Tees Bay |
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Hopper No 3 - Hartlepool offshore motorised barge sunk by German laid Mine |
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Pitwines - collision Hartlepool offshore |
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Empire Bay - sunk by Aircraft - Tees Bay |
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Hawkwood - Blyth + London - after stranding broke in two - Tees Bay |
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Presto - Blyth + Dover - floundered after collision off Hartlepool |
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Stangate - Newcastle + Portsmouth - floundered after collision off Hartlepool |
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The Transporter Bridge |
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River Tees |
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which during the War years was an hive of activity |
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With Ship building and repairs also |
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the import and export of materials such as |
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Iron, Steel, Chemicals, Coal, Munitions, Machinery including Locomotive materials |
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also food and clothing products all carried out by the |
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Merchant Ships and Crews |
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Teesside |