Whitley Bay, Polleon (Leonora, Pulleon)

A British steamship registered in Newcastle upon Tyne built as the Leonora in 1915 but at the time of loss was under contract to the Admiralty as a collier. In March 1918 the Polleon was on passage between Blyth and the River Tyne with an unspecified cargo of coal when she was torpedoed by the submerged German submarine UB-87. The wreck has not been positively identified yet but is believed to be that of the steamship Polleon.