A forum for the Allied Warships section. http://uboat.net/forums/list.php?22 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:33:04 +0000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88502,88502#msg-88502 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88502,88502#msg-88502
Mark C. Jones]]> Mark C. Jones Warship forum Fri, 17 May 2013 23:55:34 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88419,88419#msg-88419 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88419,88419#msg-88419 uboat.net]. Thanks you for all the work.

I am researching an able seaman who was one of the crew of this sub 9HMS Torbay) from July 44 to Nov 45.

The page quoted has details from the ships log for the time my AB was aboard, and one portion covers in detail a special operation - the landing of some canoes near Phuket. It then goes on the mention 4 other special operations, all of which are marked as 'no further details available'.

I am interested in finding out more of these special operations. To this end I have a person who will be visiting London in September. He is the son of the AB, but has no experience in doing research (unlike me, who has a moderate amount, but I am not going). If/when we find out more, we will be offering the information to your organisation so you can incorporate it into the history of the sub.

My questions are:

1. Would we find out more info if we get access to the log book of the Torbay, or is everything already posted to the page?

2. Is it possible the missions are covered in the Special Operations Executive records that are in the National Archives? We know the date and the place (as we know where the sub was from the log book).

3. If the answer to 2 is Yes - can anyone advise the best way to deal with the Archives, remembering that there will be a person in London in Sept, but with a limited amount of time. I am more than happy to do as much from here as possible prio to the visit.

Many thanks for your time and effort. You certainly made a son of a now dead sailor happy.

shirley]]> shirley elrick Warship forum Sun, 12 May 2013 07:42:39 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88408,88408#msg-88408 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88408,88408#msg-88408
he was 89 yrs old this past January and doing well. i am interested in researching his ship and/or shipmates to see if any else is still alive.

his Navy id: 8095869.

can anyone help my research?]]> JUDFY QUINTI Warship forum Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:59:40 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88377,88377#msg-88377 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88377,88377#msg-88377
There is a separate thread all about the loss of HMS Trinidad and the composer of the march, George Lloyd.

Further details of the Prom Concert:
[www.bbc.co.uk]]]> WilliamLloyd Warship forum Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:47:10 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88318,88318#msg-88318 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88318,88318#msg-88318
My uncle George Lloyd was on the HMS Trinidad when she was torpedoed, and he was the last man out of the TS where 17 men died. I have recently found some letters to George from another Bandie, Bill Evans RMBX1509. They were written from various places, Scarborough and Nuneaton, and various times - one a few weeks after the ship was sunk, and also a few years later in 1945. Bill Evans asks if George has come out of his coma, and he mentions some other musicians: Becket, and Sam, and the Heybrook Barracks band. If any of the Evans family would like copies of the letters please contact me through www.georgelloyd.com and I will send them. I also have photographs of the Trinidad band at Heybrook Barracks while the ship was being fitted out. William Lloyd. (PS More about George Lloyd at www.georgelloyd.com)]]> WilliamLloyd Warship forum Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:44:33 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88122,88122#msg-88122 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,88122,88122#msg-88122 Goldstone Warship forum Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:30:29 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87964,87964#msg-87964 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87964,87964#msg-87964 alex]]> alexg Warship forum Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:17:38 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87846,87846#msg-87846 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87846,87846#msg-87846 philip .m.robinson Warship forum Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:58:58 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87729,87729#msg-87729 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87729,87729#msg-87729 brian mcgrevey Warship forum Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:48:26 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87728,87728#msg-87728 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87728,87728#msg-87728 W4VNK@ec.rr.com]]> Bill Turner Warship forum Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:19:19 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87717,87717#msg-87717 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87717,87717#msg-87717 Thanks]]> Sue Warship forum Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:48:49 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87507,87507#msg-87507 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87507,87507#msg-87507
Much appreciated

Laurie Mutch]]> Laurie Mutch Warship forum Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:05:46 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87279,87279#msg-87279 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87279,87279#msg-87279 Dalwood Warship forum Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:42:14 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87170,87170#msg-87170 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87170,87170#msg-87170 braidjansen Warship forum Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:04:44 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87068,87068#msg-87068 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87068,87068#msg-87068
I have question about US submarines. I need know where was US submarines "SS-83", "SS-116" and "SS-119" during 2 december 1942 year.
May be anyone know where was this submarines in it day.

Thank all for help.]]> Denis_469 Warship forum Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:03:58 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87052,87052#msg-87052 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,87052,87052#msg-87052 in december of 1945.
however, in the haze grey site it is shown she became the venezuelan federacion
and served until 1956.
wondering which is correct
thanking you in advance.
bernie atkinson]]> bernie atkinson Warship forum Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:45:20 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86993,86993#msg-86993 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86993,86993#msg-86993
1913 HMS Highflyer
1914 HMS Endymion
1915 HMS Ajax
1916 HMS Dee
1916 HMS Orcadia
1917 HMS Dolphin
1917 HMS Bonaventure
1917/18 HMS Hebe
1918 HMS Titania
1919 C13 G2 U86

I would like to know more about his experiences and the crew that he served with. Will appreciate if anyone have more information for me. I do not have a photo of him but is in posession of all his medal. He received the Distinguished Service Cross in 1919.

Where can one obtain the crew list of the ships listed above?

Thanks in advance

Nantes Kruger
South Africa]]> nantes Warship forum Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:23:50 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86975,86975#msg-86975 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86975,86975#msg-86975
When I was a lad he told me that he had been aboard this vessel and it had been bombed in a canal and sunk and for this he had been awarded thirteen days survival leave. I have a model (sadly in disrepair) of this ship, made in some white wood about twelve inches long, that he told me was made by a blind Dutchman. I also have what appears to be wartime book (the cover is blue paper, not a hard back) with photographs of all the fleet at that time. It includes Motor Minesweeper 206 which looks the same as my model.

These are all the clues I have so if anyone can help me to unravel this mystery I would be very grateful.

Regards, James]]> James Warship forum Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:39:02 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86671,86671#msg-86671 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86671,86671#msg-86671
Please, please, can anybody help me on this matter?

Thanks much
Peter]]> Peter Papa Warship forum Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:33:01 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86510,86510#msg-86510 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86510,86510#msg-86510 Submarine of the S class that sailed from Rosyth to patrol off Helgoland on 26 Deceber 1939. Lost xmas39/jan1940. My grandfather was a member of the crew. I would be interested to know of any one else who had family serving on the submarine at the same time.]]> bluescott44 Warship forum Tue, 15 May 2012 18:29:04 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86418,86418#msg-86418 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86418,86418#msg-86418 Sweets Warship forum Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:40:20 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86382,86382#msg-86382 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86382,86382#msg-86382 I am trying to obtain as much information as possible concerning the activities of this vessel particularly during its time in the Far East when it was based in Colombo. This period of time would I believe have coincided with the Japanese air attacks on Sri Lanka (then Ceylon)

I should be grateful for any information about this vessel that would assist me in my research on the war service of my uncle, W M Kilshaw.

Alan Kilshaw]]> Alan Kilshaw Warship forum Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:41:48 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86254,86254#msg-86254 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86254,86254#msg-86254 tubby linton Warship forum Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:38:02 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86163,86163#msg-86163 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86163,86163#msg-86163 Steven Correira Warship forum Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:54:12 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86066,86066#msg-86066 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86066,86066#msg-86066 Thanks in advance for your interest. Julie Pinsent]]> julie pinsent Warship forum Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:28 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86041,86041#msg-86041 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,86041,86041#msg-86041 jcrt Warship forum Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:42:45 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,85669,85669#msg-85669 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,85669,85669#msg-85669 on the Costa Blanca of Spain and with interests within the local council, I should like to know, for the benefit of my fellow Calpinos, just why and where this vessel was so named ?]]> Ben Eyre Warship forum Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:18:36 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,85647,85647#msg-85647 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,85647,85647#msg-85647 best wishes Matthias]]> Matthias Warship forum Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:14:43 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,85435,85435#msg-85435 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,85435,85435#msg-85435
Platon]]> Platon Alexiades Warship forum Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:21:40 +0000 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,85312,85312#msg-85312 http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?22,85312,85312#msg-85312 my name is Simone and I'm writing You from Rome, Italy.
Since a couple of years I'm working on an historyc
research on a small ship, now a know wreck, in Sardinia (west of La Maddalena Island).

I'm quite sure the ship is the "HMS Santa" a minesweeping
whaler mined and sunk in november 1943 (at least 19 died).
Searching on uboua.net site
I've also found a page dedicated to this ship:
[www.uboat.net]

What I would really need is the
name of the submarine that laid the mines
then hit by the HMS Santa.
Is it German or British ?

I cannot find documents reporting this
submarine (allied or German) and/or information related to the mine
field.

I hope you will be able to help me finding what
I consider really precious infos.
I thank you all in advance.

Best regards]]> Simone Warship forum Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:15:39 +0000