I am the daughter of a merchant seaman and am trying to put together his working life aboard ship.

Merchant ship tewkesbury. It was mainly intended to transport fruit from New Zealand to the United Kingdom. Ocean Venus Tewkesbury Ernest Charles Merchant Navy. Sunk by U-69 Jost Metzler Position.

The representatives of the Hanse cities met at Lübeck and decided on war. In 1468 after English fishermen murdered the Danish governor of Iceland Danzig privateers chartered by the Danish Crown seized several English merchant vessels sailing in to the Baltic Sea. MV Gloucester 1941 was a cargo vessel operated by the New Zealand Shipping Company from 1941 to 1966.

Capper Alexander Co Ltd London. 630 N Long 2400 W. The TEWKESBURY was operated by Capper Alexander on behalf of her owners Alexander Shipping and was built by Craig.

The ship proceeded Northwards when on 1st March at sunset off Aberdeen she was attacked by two German bombers. NAME John Morrison RANK Ordinary Seaman AWARD BEM SHIP Blairatholl. Sunk by German air attack south of Nauplia 36-30N 23-34E.

Milligan Stanley Merchant Navy. Then in 2001 a new book British Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses to Axis Submarines 1939 - 1945 by Alan J. Sank in less than 2 minutes Med.

Nature of endorsement None. A direct hit on the bridge by a 500lb bomb completely devastated the whole structure. Powered by steam turbine very limited passenger accommodation built 1921 by Chickashaw Shipbuilding 5686 grt.