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Re: RN Crew lists
Posted by:
Dave
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Date: February 01, 2004 08:41PM
<HTML>Dave ,
I have just finished 6 years of research into lend lease aircraft carrier HMS Queen. A list of the crew was also in my mind. The ships complement without a squadron was some 400+ men.
In six years of research I have never found a crew list in any Admiralty or PRO file and I don't expect to. Currently I am in contact with about 60 former crew members although I am now certain that over 1,000 men served on this ship in her RN life.
It was routine for the RN to constantly turn over men on warships which - I suspect - was designed to ensure that mutinies could not be orchestrated.
Hope this helps.
Another Dave</HTML>
I have just finished 6 years of research into lend lease aircraft carrier HMS Queen. A list of the crew was also in my mind. The ships complement without a squadron was some 400+ men.
In six years of research I have never found a crew list in any Admiralty or PRO file and I don't expect to. Currently I am in contact with about 60 former crew members although I am now certain that over 1,000 men served on this ship in her RN life.
It was routine for the RN to constantly turn over men on warships which - I suspect - was designed to ensure that mutinies could not be orchestrated.
Hope this helps.
Another Dave</HTML>