BUQUES HUNDIDOS

SS BALDERSBY, 3,613grt. Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-91 on the 28th September 1918.

SS BROOKBY, 3,679grt. Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-60 near Fastnet on the 19th June 1917.

BURNBY, 3,665grt. Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-39 near Cape Falcon on the 26th February 1917.

SS COLEBY, 3,824grt. Captured by German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm and sunk by gunfire on the 27th March 1915.

SS DALEBY, 3,628grt. Torpedoed and sunk 150 miles South-East of Cape Clear on the 29th April 1917.

SS DROMONBY, 3,628grt. Captured by German auxiliary cruiser Moewe and sunk by bombs on the 13th January 1916.

SS GADSBY, 3,497grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-39 on the 1st July 1915.

SS GLENBY, 2,196grt. Sunk by gunfire from U-38 on the 17th August 1915.

SS KIRKBY, 3,034grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-38 on the 17th August 1915.

SS MALTBY, 3,977grt. Torpedoed and sunk by UC-27 on the 26th February 1918.

SS MARTIN, 1,904grt. Sunk by gunfire from UC-18 on the 14th January 1917.

SS MOUNTBY, 3,263grt. Torpedoed and sunk by UC-49 on the 10th June 1918.

SS NEWBY, 2,168grt. Sunk by gunfire from U-35 near Barcelona on the 26th September 1916.

SS OAKBY, 1,976grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-8 off Folkestone Pier on the 23rd February 1915.

SS ROCKPOOL, 4,502grt. Torpedoed and sunk on the 2nd March 1918.

SS ROLLESBY, 3,955grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-48 off Muckle Flugga on the 15th September 1917.

SS SALMONPOOL, 4,905grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-39 on the 1st June 1916.

SS SCAWBY, 3,658grt. Captured by U-33 and sunk by bombs on the 2nd October 1915.

SS SELBY, 2,137grt. Sunk by a mine 34 miles South-East by South of the Newarp Light Vessel on the 30th September 1914.

SS TEESDALE, 2,470grt. After being damaged by a torpedo sailing from Hartlepool to Gibraltar the ship had been temporarily repaired was making her way to the Tees when the ship broke up and sank off Redcar on the 15th June 1917. 2 crew killed. **

SS TEESPOOL, 4,577grt. Torpedoed and severely damaged on the 19th October 1917.

SS THIRLBY, 2,009grt. Torpedoed and sunk by UC-31 near Fastnet on the 2nd July 1917.

SS THORNABY, 1,730grt. Sank after hitting a mine 4 miles North-East of the Shipwash Light Vessel on the 28th February 1916. **

SS TRUNKBY, 2,635grt. Sunk by gunfire from U-34 near Port Mahon on the 28th May 1916.**

SS WESTONBY, 3,795grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-82 off Fastnet on the 15th June 1917.

SS WILLERBY, 3,630grt. Captured by German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich and sunk by bombs on the 20th February 1915.

SS WRAGBY, 3,641grt. Sunk by gunfire from UC-37 near Cape Spartel on the 4th January 1917.


Ropners Merchant Shipping Losses 1939-1945

SS AINDERBY, 4,860grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-552 on the 10th June 1941. **

SS ALDERPOOL, 4,313grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-124 on the 3rd April 1941.

SS ASHBY, 4,871grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-43 on the 30th November 1941.

SS BOULDERPOOL, 4,805grt. Sunk by German E-boat on the 7th March 1941.

SS CARPERBY, 4,890grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-558 on the 1st March 1942.

SS CRITON, 4,564grt. Attacked and sunk on the 21st February 1941.

SS DALEBY, 4,640grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-89 on the 4th November 1942.

SS EMPIRE ARNOLD, 7,045grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-155 on the 4th August 1942.

SS EMPIRE BISON, 5,612grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-124 on the 1st November 1940.

SS EMPIRE DRYDEN, 7,164grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-572 on the 20th April 1942.

SS EMPIRE MERLIN, 5,763grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-48 on the 25th August 1940.

SS EMPIRE MOONBEAM, 6,849grt. Torpedoed and damaged by U-211later sunk by U608 on the 11th September 1942.

SS EMPIRE RAINBOW, 6,942grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-607 & U-704 on the 26th July 1942.

SS EMPIRE STARLIGHT, 6,850grt. Repeatedly bombed by German aircraft while discharging in Murmansk on the 3rd April 1942.

SS FIRBY, 4,868grt. Torpedoed and sunk by gunfire from U-48 on the 11th September 1939. **

SS FISHPOOL, 4,950grt. Sunk in an air raid at Syracuse on the 26th August 1943.

FORT PELLY, 7,131grt, Sunk in an air raid on the 20th July 1943.

SS HAWNBY, 5,380grt. Sunk by a mine on the 20th April 1940.

SS HAXBY, 5,207grt. Sunk by the commerce raider Orion on the 24th April 1940.

SS HERONSPOOL, 5,202grt. Torpedoed and sunk by gunfire from U-48 on the 12th October 1939.

SS HINDPOOL, 4,897grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-124 on the 8th March 1941.

SS KIRKPOOL, 4,842grt. Sunk by the German commerce raider Thor on the 10th April 1942.

SS LACKENBY, 5,112grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-624 on the 25th January 1943.

SS MANESPOOL, 4,894grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-97 on the 24th February 1941.

SS OTTERPOOL, 4,867grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-30 in Convoy HGF-34 on the 20th June 1940.

SS PIKEPOOL, 3,683grt. Sunk by a mine off the Smalls Light on the 22nd November 1940.

SS REEDPOOL, 4,838grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515 on the 20th September 1942.

SS ROMANBY, 4,487grt. Sunk by an explosion between 22/23rd April 1940.

SS ROXBY, Torpedoed and sunk by U-613 on the 7th November 1942.

SS RUSHPOOL, 5,125grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-94 on the 30th January 1941.

SS SALMONPOOL, 4,803grt. Seized by German troops at Sandafjord on the 15th April 1940..

SS SAMSUVA, 7,219grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-310 on the 29th August 1944.

SS SEDGEPOOL, 6,530grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-123 in Convoy SC-7 on the 19th October 1940. **

SS SOMERSBY, 5,168grt, Torpedoed and sunk by U-111 on the 13th May 1941.

SS STONEPOOL, 4,803grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-207 on the 11th September 1941. **

SS SWAINBY, 5,811grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-13 on the 17th April 1940.

SS SWIFTPOOL, 5,205grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-372 on the 5th August 1941. **

SS THIRLBY, 4,888grt. Torpedoed and sunk by U-109 on the 23rd January 1942.

SS TROUTPOOL, 4,886grt. Sunk by a mine in the Belfast Lough on the 20th July 1940.

SS ULLAPOOL, 4,891grt. Sunk by a mine in the Mersey on the 13th March 1941.

SS WANDBY, 4,947grt. Torpedoed and damaged by U-47 on the 19th October 1940.

SS WARLABY, 4,876grt. Sunk by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in Convoy SL-64S on the 12th February 1941

SS WILLOWPOOL, 4,815grt. Sunk by a mine on the 10th December 1939.