Darius wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:48 am Maybe of interest:
Into the Minefields: British Destroyer Minelaying 1916-1960
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Minefield ... 1844152715
Regards
Darius
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- Mon May 11, 2020 6:39 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMS Esk - HMS Ivanhoe Casualties
- Replies: 10
- Views: 38906
Re: HMS Esk - HMS Ivanhoe Casualties
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:15 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMS Towy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 24452
Re: HMS Towy
Hi Martin, "Composition of Task Forces April 1943", April 7, 1943: [...] Task Force 24 [...] 24.1.17 - British Escort Unit B-3: NARCISSUS, ESCAPADE, RENOUCULE, GARLAND, AZALEA, ROSELEYS [...] "Composition of Task Forces May 1943", May 5, 1943: [...] Task Force 24 [...] 24.1.17 - ...
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 7:03 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: Great shiplosses in Piräus, Giugiu, Hamburg
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7778
Re: Great shiplosses in Piräus, Giugiu, Hamburg
Hallo Kurt,
interessant.
Gruß
Darius
interessant.
Gruß
Darius
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 9:25 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMS Towy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 24452
Re: HMS Towy
Hi friends,
looks like you are right.
There is an interesting book on the B3 Ocean Escort Group:
The Echo of a Fighting Flower - The Echo of a Fighting Flower: The Story of HMS "Narcissus" and B3 Ocean Escort Group in WW2.
Regards
Darius
looks like you are right.
There is an interesting book on the B3 Ocean Escort Group:
The Echo of a Fighting Flower - The Echo of a Fighting Flower: The Story of HMS "Narcissus" and B3 Ocean Escort Group in WW2.
Regards
Darius
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:08 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMIS Indus 6/4/42
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25200
Re: HMIS Indus 6/4/42
Hi,
there is data incoming... "Admirality War Diary" states
Regaards
Darius
there is data incoming... "Admirality War Diary" states
.in the morning
Regaards
Darius
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:03 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMIS Indus 6/4/42
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25200
Re: HMIS Indus 6/4/42
Hello,
maybe more details are in:
The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma: Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster
by Michael D. Leigh, pp. 119?
Regards
Darius
maybe more details are in:
The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma: Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster
by Michael D. Leigh, pp. 119?
Regards
Darius
- Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:33 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMIS Indus 6/4/42
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25200
Re: HMIS Indus 6/4/42
Done. Let´s wait...
Regards
Darius
Regards
Darius
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:24 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMIS Indus 6/4/42
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25200
Re: HMIS Indus 6/4/42
Hi Jordi,
I didn´t find a time, too.
If we aren´t successfull here, I can put this question in an "aircraft" forum - the attack was obviously by land based Betty´s .
Regards
Darius
I didn´t find a time, too.
If we aren´t successfull here, I can put this question in an "aircraft" forum - the attack was obviously by land based Betty´s .
Regards
Darius
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:17 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: Question to forum members
- Replies: 22
- Views: 99908
Re: Question to forum members
Hi Siri,
negativ.
Regards
Darius
negativ.
Regards
Darius
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:23 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMS Electra 27/2/42
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16679
Re: HMS Electra 27/2/42
Hi Jordi, a) the war diary of S 38 gives [...] this ship recovered from the sea fifty six living survivors [...] A list is given in Enclosure A, incl. the one who died on wounds. But the list has in all only 54 names... b) The Enclosure B, H.MS. ELECTRA - Narrative of loss in JAVA SEA Action - Febru...
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:10 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMS Electra 27/2/42
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16679
Re: HMS Electra 27/2/42
Hi Jordi, Combat Narrative, No. 3, Java Sea Campaign, pub. 1943, p. 68: The other ships of our striking force merely saw the Electra disappear into the smoke, after which she was "never seen again." This description is from a Dutch source , based on accounts of survivors of the Electra, 58...
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 10:32 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: Operation Hurry
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13007
Re: Operation Hurry
Hi Jordi, did you check http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4008-21AUG01.htm?: Force H departed Gibraltar on 31 July for Operation HURRY with battlecruiser HOOD, battleship VALIANT, aircraft carriers ARK ROYAL and ARGUS, light cruisers ARETHUSA and ENTERPRISE, destroyers FAULKNOR, FORESTER, FEARLESS...
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:40 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: HMS Olympus
- Replies: 6
- Views: 27814
Re: HMS Olympus
Only a little addition:
ADM 358/3967 - HMS Olympus: 8 May 1942; submarine sunk by enemy action, hit a mine near Malta:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov. ... /C16381097
Regards
Darius
ADM 358/3967 - HMS Olympus: 8 May 1942; submarine sunk by enemy action, hit a mine near Malta:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov. ... /C16381097
Regards
Darius
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:36 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: Requisitioned Trawler Vascama
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16490
Re: Requisitioned Trawler Vascama
A little bit off topic, but maybe there are any hints in this document:
MT 15/1471 - `Vascama' O.N.169200, ex-Admiralty steam trawler: re-fitting for fishing service; life-saving appliance arrangements: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov. ... r/C3246282
Regards
Darius
MT 15/1471 - `Vascama' O.N.169200, ex-Admiralty steam trawler: re-fitting for fishing service; life-saving appliance arrangements: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov. ... r/C3246282
Regards
Darius
- Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:36 pm
- Forum: Ship Forum
- Topic: motorship ELISSAVET
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18801
Re: motorship ELISSAVET
Hi, according to the KTB of 4. Transportflottille: 05.06.1944 ELISABETH PI 227 Saliurion geankert, 22 to Terpentin geladen 06.06.1944 ELISABETH PI 227 Saliurion geankert, 19 to Terpentin geladen 07.06.1944 Saliurion ausgelaufen, Mechaonia eingelaufen. 08.06.1944 Mechaonia ausgelaufen, Saloniki einge...