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Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip
Posted by: Nick Clark ()
Date: July 17, 2004 09:41PM

Glad my original question has attracted some interesting response.

The amount of men that lost their lives when HMS Birdlip was attacked by U-547 on 13/6/44 was 36. I have the full official list of names with details of rank and Commemorative information.

If you then consider the 15 survivors, HMS Birdlip would at that time have exceeded her usual compliment of 35!
I am in contact with a telegraphist who was once with Birdlip, but by chance, was given shore leave just before she set of to escort S.S. Saint Basile. He has told me that it wasn't unusual for the larger armed trawlers to at times have extra crewmen on board.

The RNVR officer who trekked through the jungle was Sub-Lieut Robin Krohn RNVR Pooley,

Career:
01.1944 - 13.06.1944 HMS Birdlip
(07.1945) HMS President (Admiralty, London)
(04.1946) HMS Annet (armed trawler

I have Pooley's and some of the other survivors statements from the Board Of Enquiry plus a host of other information. I am always looking for info on HMS Birdlip so if anyone has anything no matter how small it will be welcome.

There is also a link on the home page of my web site entitled 'HMS Birdlip 60 years on'

Nick Clark
www.harry-tates.org.uk

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Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip Nick Clark 07/14/2004 09:05PM
Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip john 07/16/2004 07:03PM
Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip Nick Clark 07/17/2004 09:38AM
Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip Rainer Kolbicz 07/17/2004 11:09AM
Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip Roger 07/17/2004 07:23PM
Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip Nick Clark 07/17/2004 09:41PM
Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip jiom dalziel 09/29/2011 05:14PM
Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip - RK Pooley Joe Godfret 07/29/2013 06:03PM
Re: Convoy TS 37 & HMS Birdlip - RK Pooley nicknobbyclark 08/01/2013 10:53AM


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