Claim: Angela Hartnett was born in Kent to Patrick Hartnett, an Irish sailor in the Merchant Navy (the maritime register of the United Kingdom) who died when she was seven years old.
Evidence: Angela Hartnett was born in Kent to Patrick Hartnett, an Irish sailor in the Merchant Navy and Giuliana Pesci, a Welsh mother whose parents had migrated from Bardi in Italy to the Welsh town of Ferndale. The Merchant Navy is the maritime register of the United Kingdom and comprises the seagoing commercial interests of UK-registered ships and their crews. Her father died when she was seven years old.