Photo: James Pasby
In Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads
Of
Alexander Hastie
Who was lost at sea
Feb. 21st 1918 aged 43 years.
The drifter H.M. Reaper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea near Tynemouth with the loss of eight of her crew.
Alexander Hastie is remembered at North Shields on N34.22 and on our List of Ships’ crews
