Hawarden Castle
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| Name | Hawarden Castle | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 210 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - C. Lühring, Hammelwarden | ||
| Owner | W. Worall, Chester | ||
| Homeport | Chester | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Sep, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-17 (Heinz von Reiche) | ||
| Position | 51.07N, 01.27E - Grid AN 7996 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Nieuport (13 Sep) - London | ||
| Cargo | Cement and/or bricks | ||
| History | Built as German sailing vessel Emma Linnemann for Reederei Hermann Linnemann, Hamburg. 1910 renamed Columbus for Claus Dreyer, Bremen. The ship was seized at Antwerp when the First World War broke out and was blocked in the harbour. After the war the ship was returned and converted to a motor merchant. From 1922 to 1923, she was owned by Carl Joh. Klingenberg & Co, Bremen and then by the Atlantic Reederei AG, Bremen. 1924 sold to Britain and renamed Hawarden Castle for W. Worall, Chester. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 13 Sep, 1939, the Hawarden Castle left Nieuport and was reported missing thereafter without a trace. The ship probably hit a mine laid on 5 September by U-17 east of South Foreland, as the finding of a small unidentified wreck littered by yellow bricks in 51°07N/01°27E indicates. | ||
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