To the Dear Lady who tries her best to keep us all in order:

I trust that the present trials and tribulations that are affecting your new area of residence are not causing you any problems.
Best wishes to you and the Family

Phil

Greetings all

There is a correction to the previous entry.
The British ship YOMA was lost on 17 June 1943 in 33 03N 22 04E with heavy loss of life

Good hunting
Phil

Greetings Aris
A search of all editions of: "The Ships and Aircraft 0f the US Fleet" through WW2 have no record of this vessel.
Good Hunting

Phil

To the Good Lady and all who contribute to this great meeting place:
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

Phil

Greetings Jordi The information given is for AS7 and AS7/1 on the date you specified. The following is for arrivals in Port Said from Piraeus. Wed Nov 27, 1940 CLAN MACARTHUR Escorted JOHAN DE WITT Escorted NIEUW ZEELAND not noted Thu Nov 28, 1940 IMPERIAL STAR not noted Tue Dec 3, 1940 DESTRO Indep...

Greetings Jordi
Arnold Hague on www.convoyweb.org.uk gives two options for AS7.
AS7 has Aquitania only.
AS7/1 states departure 28 11 1940, arrival 02 12 1940. But no further details of vessels.

Good hunting

Phil

Greetings Jordi
Strangely, Cunningham's book and The War at Sea have very little to say on Spartavento.
All donations will gratefully be received!!

Phil

Greetings Jodi
Admiral Cunningham mentions in his book in connection with HMS Coventry and Southern Isle etc :

Two small Indian passenger ships manned by RNR Officers, Chakla and Fiona

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Phil

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