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U-BOAT PRISONER ACCOMMODATION, LOCH ALSH
Posted by:
Cape Crusader
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Date: November 12, 2011 10:01AM
Is any contributor able to confirm the name of the (probably large) merchant vessel used as temporary accommodation for U-boat crews at Loch Alsh in May 1945?
Arrested crews were held aboard a merchant ship for just a few days prior to being escorted by train to PoW registration & receiving centres, usually Camp 9 Kempton Park Racecourse, from where they were allocated more permanent camps.
One prisoner recalls that the Loch Alsh accommodation ship was the ATHENIA, but I suspect that this is a trick of the memory. ATHENIA was the first Allied vessel torpedoed 3rd September 1939.
All comments gratefully received.
Many thanks.
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Arrested crews were held aboard a merchant ship for just a few days prior to being escorted by train to PoW registration & receiving centres, usually Camp 9 Kempton Park Racecourse, from where they were allocated more permanent camps.
One prisoner recalls that the Loch Alsh accommodation ship was the ATHENIA, but I suspect that this is a trick of the memory. ATHENIA was the first Allied vessel torpedoed 3rd September 1939.
All comments gratefully received.
Many thanks.
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U-BOAT PRISONER ACCOMMODATION, LOCH ALSH
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