julian bell Wrote:
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> I'm doing a research on a cargo vessell SS
> Carperby. On her last voyage she
> >was sunk by uboat 588 on 1st of march 1942 in
> the western atlantic. Her
> >destination, St Thomas and then on to Argentina.
> Her route was Tyneside docks
> >where was loaded with a cargo of coal and coke.
> Lloyds shipping list say her
> >last departure point was Oban in Scotland and
> travelled on as an independant.
> >According to her shipping log she called into
> Oban to undergo repairs and
> >then left on the 14th of Feb 1942. I believe she
> sailed part way on an
> >escorted convoy routing from Loch Ewe to Halifax,
> and then onwards to St
> >Thomas as an independant. My question is: was
> there a convoy leaving Loch Ewe
> >around the 14th of Feb 1942?I do hope you can
> help me in this instance as
> >this information is of vital importance to my
> partner who's brother was
> >killed by enemy action on that voyage.
>
> Regards
> Julian Bell
> >

This was the ship my father Dennis Wilson just joined in Feb, 1942 as part of "DEMS" gunner crew.
He and one colleague contracted real 'flu, so were sent from the ship direct to hospital.
The vessel sailed without them and was torpedoed 2 weeks later.
Dennis knew nothing of this until some 6 months later he bumped into a former shipmate who went white as a sheet, thinking he was seeing a ghost since he knew Dennis had been allocated to the ship.
Dennis then found out she had gone down with all hands.

Hope you find this of interest.
regards Albert Wilson