Greetings I am in touch with the daughter of a RN officer who was on HMS Loch Monteith for much of WW2. The family has quite a collection of diaries relating to that vessel.If you should send me a list of any relevant questions you want answers to, I will pass them on. Said daughter does not live lo...

Shetland Bus From a brief look in the book “Shetland Bus” by David Howarth there is no indication of any contact with HMS Ambrose. It will take a little longer to dig further. A Major L H Mitchell was the CO based in Shetland, with a junior naval officer, David Howarth, as second-in-command. The boo...

Greetings Dear Lady
I trust that you and the crew of your new ship are surviving the presence of LAURA , and will shortly come through well afloat.
Thinking of you
Phil

Greetings Sergey

So far I can find data of one vessel only:
Danilo B (Sailing)
Registered Leghorn
Owners E Loffredok, L Zolezi
Build: Wood Aux. (Oil engine) Deutsche Werke, Kiel
Tonnage 102
Blt. 1921 by Gino Fenili. Viareggio
80x22x9.7 Ft.

Good hunting
Phil

Greetings Dame Siri
Trust that you have survived the Epidemic. I haven't received any spurious messages for some time. I'm beginning to feel neglected!!

Speak to you soon

Phil

Greetings Jordi Go to the following site. After RIN-1 you can change the Chapter Number for the following chapters. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/RIN-1.html It seems that the original entry into that site is not working, there is plenty there for you to dig. You may find what you want...

Greetings Dear Lady
This has always been a nuisance, which you have admirably dealt with over the years. Just delete them after breakfast. Us Oldies can have a good laugh, SOMETIMES !!!

Best wishes

Phil

Greetings.
There was a site which had extensive coverage: www.harry-tates.org.uk.
It appears to be under maintenance. You may be able to pick -up something if and when it is resurrected.

Good hunting

Phil

Greetings Jordi Roskill gives no information on those vessels. There is a footnote to February 14: It refers to S E Morisons "The History of US Naval Operations Vol 111" which gives an account of Battle of Balikpapan. There is also mention of planes of Japanese ship RYUJO and shore based planes. Goo...

Greetings.
Try the following:

http://warsailors.com/singleships/ravnaas.html


Phil

Greetings Jordi
Try the following site:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s ... stroyers_2

You will have to do a bit of digging
Good hunting

Phil

The question is "Was he actually in the Royal Navy?"

There is ample evidence of 14 year-olds joining the Merchant Navy. Billy McGee has written much on this

"They Shall Grow Not Old" and "Ropner's Navy"

Good hunting
Phil

There was an article on this site some time ago, which may be helpful:

https://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/kvarstad.html

Good hunting
Phil

Greetings Jordi The official record does not mention them. Cunningham’s records mentions: Vian’s cruisers. “on 14-15 December Vian’s force was about to enter the searched channel off Alexandria when Galatea was hit by two torpedoes and sunk”. At 10PM on 15 th Vian was off again in the Naiad,with Car...

A bit more digging in Lloyds etc shows that from about 1930 onwards it was managed by Mount Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, apparently of Fleetwood.
Managers variously Sir G E J Moody and William B Moody of Fish Dock Road Grimsby but registered throughout in Fleetwood.

A little mysterious?
Phil