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Re: Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941
Posted by: peter burnside ()
Date: January 05, 2014 07:48PM

Dear Peter, my cousin Drew Burnside just forwarded a u-tube video of the wreck of the ship my father served and went down with. If you are in any way responsible for the making of the video I would like to thankyou from the bottom of my heart as I have had a big open hole in my life left by the loss of my Dad. I was only 5 1/2 when the ship was lost and it now lies almost on the same latitude where we lived and maybe only about 70 odd miles west as the crow flies from his home(Kilmarnock Scotland).
I see that there may be some damage from depth charges on the wreck but it would be nice to know if you or your team saw anything that would indicate how she came to sink. The board of inquiry was unclear and speculation was that it could have been a mine or torpedo but again would a U-boat waste an expensive torpedo on such a small ship when it could easily have sunk her with her deck gun.
If you have any more info you could share it would appreciated.
Peter Burnside, 303 wellington rd, mineola ny 11501 USA 516 385-4107

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Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941 Billy1963 02/08/2008 01:27PM
Re: Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941 Rainer 02/08/2008 04:45PM
Re: Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941 Drew Burnside 01/06/2014 01:10PM
Re: Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941 Billy1963 02/08/2008 08:39PM
Re: Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941 Peter Moir 03/12/2013 01:04PM
Re: Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941 Alasdair MacNeil 04/27/2013 12:10PM
Re: Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941 peter burnside 01/05/2014 07:48PM
Re: Missing ship M.V. Ben Hann 1941 william kearney 01/05/2023 12:17PM


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