The remains of two men lie beneath a shared headstone in Larpool Lane Cemetery, Whitby in North Yorkshire. They were washed ashore after their ship – SS Hercules – was torpedoed by a U-boat off Robin Hood’s Bay on 30 December 1917. The wreck of the SS Hercules is a monument to the intense conflict fought over merchant shipping in the East Coast War Channels during the First World War. Both the wreck and this gravestone are also monuments to civilian seafarers from around the world who served, and sometimes died, on England’s east coast.
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AuthorAntony Firth is the Director of Fjordr. This blog provides an opportunity to elaborate on some of the research and issues I address in the course of Fjordr's work. Comments are turned off but please use Fjordr's contact details to get in touch if you would like to respond. Archives
July 2020
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