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 - ...

Hallo Kurt,

interessant.


Gruß

Darius

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.


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Darius

Hi,

there is data incoming... "Admirality War Diary" states

in the morning

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Regaards

Darius

Hello,

maybe more details are in:
The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma: Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster
by Michael D. Leigh, pp. 119?

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Darius

Done. Let´s wait...

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Darius

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 .

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Darius

Hi Siri,

negativ.


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Darius

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...

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...

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...

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


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Darius

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


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Darius

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...