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by Darius
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

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
by Darius
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 - ...
by Darius
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
by 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
by 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
in the morning
.


Regaards

Darius
by 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
by 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
by 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
by 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.


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Darius
by 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...
by Darius
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...
by Darius
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...
by Darius
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


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Darius
by 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


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Darius
by 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...