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Kew Gardens Research introuctions, tips? 24 UK ships hit in Bahamas area 1942
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ericwiberg
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Date: January 19, 2011 12:53PM
Can anyoone suggest contacts, tips, advice on researching survivor interviews / narrativs at Kew Gardens national archive in London? I have one day - Sat. 30 Jan. 2011 there (visiting from NY).
The following 14 UK Flag ships hit by U-Boats or Italians under Betascom, mostly in Mar-July 1942 in the Bahamas / Bermuda Triangle area? Here are specifics I seek survivor fates for:
NAME/S TONS (DWT) TYPE OF SHIP FLAG CARGO CREW KIA Lived NOTES ON SURVIVORS AND RESCUE VESSEL/S
ECLIPSE 9,767 tanker UK ballast 47 2 45 45
PEDER BOGEN 9,741 tanker UK petroleum 43 0 43 24.41N, 57.44W
HARDWICKE GRANGE 9,005 steam freighter UK 700 tons of refrigerated cargo 78 3 75 Newport News (8 Jun) - Trinidad - Buenos Aires. The master and 19 survivors landed at Monte Cristi, Domenican Republic after 13 days in a lifeboat
ATHELQUEEN 8,780 tanker UK petroleum 49 3 46 46
DERRYHEEN 7,217 steam freighter UK 11036 tons of general cargo, including nitrates and motor trucks 51 0 51 picked up by the British motor merchant Lobos and landed at Havana, Cuba
OCEAN VENUS 7,174 steam freighter UK 9,450 tons general cargo, incl. 4000 t lead, 4000 t lumber, 1000 t canned herrings and 80 tons acetone 42 5 37 37
MELPOMENE 7,011 tanker UK petroleum 49 0 49 49
EMPIRE CORPORAL 7,000 freighter UK 55 6 49 49 (picked up by USS PT-498, transferred to USS FLETCHER (DD 445), landed Guantanamo Bay Cuba
LA PAZ 6,548 motor freighter UK general cargo, including whiskey 57 0 57 28.15N, 80.20W enroute Liverpoll to Valpraiso via Halifax and Hampton Roads
DAYTONIAN 6,434 steam ship UK 59 1 58 58 (landed in Nassau, Bahamas then Miami)
STANDELLA 6,197 tanker UK oil and spirits 58 6 52 52 (remained on board, enroute Curacao to Reykjavik)
STANGARTH 5,966 steam freighter UK Goverment stores and general cargo 46 0 46 U-504 and Morosini claimed this ship
STANBANK 5,966 steam freighter UK 6,488 military stores 48 9 39 survivors landed Bermuda by RHEXENOR, freighter after 10 days. Hit by U-103, Werner Winter on 5 May 42
HARPAGON 5,710 steam freighter UK 8,017 tons gnl cgo incl. aircraft, explosives, tanks 49 41 8 34.45N, 65.50W, was enroute NY-Cape Town-Bombay. 8 survivors picked up by RIO DIAMANTE, taken to Buenos Aires
ANGLO SAXON LIFEBOAT 5,594 tramp freighter UK Welsh coal 41 39 2 2
PUTNEY HILL 5,216 motor freighter UK ballast 38 3 35 The master, 29 crew members and five gunners were picked up after ten days by HMS Saxifrage (K 04) (LtCdr R.P. Chapman) and landed at San Juan, Puerto Rico.Â
CLAN SKENE 5,214 steam freighter UK 2006 tons of chrome ore 81 9 72 72 (USS MCKEAN (APD 5) landed survivors in San Juan, Puerto Rico)
TREDINNICK 4,589 steam freighter UK presume military stores 30 30 0 last transmission on 25 Mara. 42 at 27.15N, 49.15W
YORKMOOR 4,457 freighter UK 6700 tons of bauxite 46 0 46 46
WESTERN HEAD 2,599 steam freighter UK 3710 tons of sugar 30 24 6 6 (taken to Guantanamo)
MICHAEL JEBSON 2,300 freighter UK 40 1 39 39 (picked up by a US patrol boat and landed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba)
E. P. THERIAULT 326 sailing ship UK pitch pine 10 0 10 24.30N, 83.55W, Tampa, Cayman, Kingston Jamaica - crew of 10 estimated for size of ship, shelled and attempt to scuttle her, but got away
VIVIEN P. SMITH 130 schooner (2 masts) UK 260 tons of salt from Turks & Caicos 11 0 11 11 (not sure where survivors were landed)
VERGERMERE steam yacht RN Auxil. UK general cargo 0 46 survivors of Potlatch taken from Acklins to Nassau in speedy fashion
SANDE 60 sailing ship Honduras 10 5 5 estimates only
CYGNET 3,628 freighter Greek general cargo 30 0 30 30
Total Tonnage Sunk: 136,629 TOTAL Served/Lost/Survived 1098 187 911 1098
Thanks/regards
Capt. Eric
The following 14 UK Flag ships hit by U-Boats or Italians under Betascom, mostly in Mar-July 1942 in the Bahamas / Bermuda Triangle area? Here are specifics I seek survivor fates for:
NAME/S TONS (DWT) TYPE OF SHIP FLAG CARGO CREW KIA Lived NOTES ON SURVIVORS AND RESCUE VESSEL/S
ECLIPSE 9,767 tanker UK ballast 47 2 45 45
PEDER BOGEN 9,741 tanker UK petroleum 43 0 43 24.41N, 57.44W
HARDWICKE GRANGE 9,005 steam freighter UK 700 tons of refrigerated cargo 78 3 75 Newport News (8 Jun) - Trinidad - Buenos Aires. The master and 19 survivors landed at Monte Cristi, Domenican Republic after 13 days in a lifeboat
ATHELQUEEN 8,780 tanker UK petroleum 49 3 46 46
DERRYHEEN 7,217 steam freighter UK 11036 tons of general cargo, including nitrates and motor trucks 51 0 51 picked up by the British motor merchant Lobos and landed at Havana, Cuba
OCEAN VENUS 7,174 steam freighter UK 9,450 tons general cargo, incl. 4000 t lead, 4000 t lumber, 1000 t canned herrings and 80 tons acetone 42 5 37 37
MELPOMENE 7,011 tanker UK petroleum 49 0 49 49
EMPIRE CORPORAL 7,000 freighter UK 55 6 49 49 (picked up by USS PT-498, transferred to USS FLETCHER (DD 445), landed Guantanamo Bay Cuba
LA PAZ 6,548 motor freighter UK general cargo, including whiskey 57 0 57 28.15N, 80.20W enroute Liverpoll to Valpraiso via Halifax and Hampton Roads
DAYTONIAN 6,434 steam ship UK 59 1 58 58 (landed in Nassau, Bahamas then Miami)
STANDELLA 6,197 tanker UK oil and spirits 58 6 52 52 (remained on board, enroute Curacao to Reykjavik)
STANGARTH 5,966 steam freighter UK Goverment stores and general cargo 46 0 46 U-504 and Morosini claimed this ship
STANBANK 5,966 steam freighter UK 6,488 military stores 48 9 39 survivors landed Bermuda by RHEXENOR, freighter after 10 days. Hit by U-103, Werner Winter on 5 May 42
HARPAGON 5,710 steam freighter UK 8,017 tons gnl cgo incl. aircraft, explosives, tanks 49 41 8 34.45N, 65.50W, was enroute NY-Cape Town-Bombay. 8 survivors picked up by RIO DIAMANTE, taken to Buenos Aires
ANGLO SAXON LIFEBOAT 5,594 tramp freighter UK Welsh coal 41 39 2 2
PUTNEY HILL 5,216 motor freighter UK ballast 38 3 35 The master, 29 crew members and five gunners were picked up after ten days by HMS Saxifrage (K 04) (LtCdr R.P. Chapman) and landed at San Juan, Puerto Rico.Â
CLAN SKENE 5,214 steam freighter UK 2006 tons of chrome ore 81 9 72 72 (USS MCKEAN (APD 5) landed survivors in San Juan, Puerto Rico)
TREDINNICK 4,589 steam freighter UK presume military stores 30 30 0 last transmission on 25 Mara. 42 at 27.15N, 49.15W
YORKMOOR 4,457 freighter UK 6700 tons of bauxite 46 0 46 46
WESTERN HEAD 2,599 steam freighter UK 3710 tons of sugar 30 24 6 6 (taken to Guantanamo)
MICHAEL JEBSON 2,300 freighter UK 40 1 39 39 (picked up by a US patrol boat and landed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba)
E. P. THERIAULT 326 sailing ship UK pitch pine 10 0 10 24.30N, 83.55W, Tampa, Cayman, Kingston Jamaica - crew of 10 estimated for size of ship, shelled and attempt to scuttle her, but got away
VIVIEN P. SMITH 130 schooner (2 masts) UK 260 tons of salt from Turks & Caicos 11 0 11 11 (not sure where survivors were landed)
VERGERMERE steam yacht RN Auxil. UK general cargo 0 46 survivors of Potlatch taken from Acklins to Nassau in speedy fashion
SANDE 60 sailing ship Honduras 10 5 5 estimates only
CYGNET 3,628 freighter Greek general cargo 30 0 30 30
Total Tonnage Sunk: 136,629 TOTAL Served/Lost/Survived 1098 187 911 1098
Thanks/regards
Capt. Eric
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