At 11, Colin was already a veteran of wartime upheavals. Four chapters are personal accounts from survivors or their close relatives. If a ship had a former name this would be written in brackets. By late-June 1940, internees had begun to be moved out of Warth Mills. And what of Colin? Many years later, I was asked by my father, Oliver Gleasure (Irish Guards) to find the book, so he could gift it to my uncle. The survivors were now completely alone in the dark. It stayed upright, but the big waves breaking over the bows quickly swamped it. At first, he thought the Benares must have collided with another ship. Only Colin stood out, because he was dressed in a bright red jacket. We said: If you want them, theyre 600 miles out at the bottom of the Atlantic! he recalls. "Naval Events, June 1940, Part 1 of 4, Saturday 1st Friday 7th", "Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Sa through SN", "The History of the Eastbourne Lifeboat Station", alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T), "Naval Events, May 1940, Part 1 of 4, Wednesday 1st Tuesday 7th", "Naval Events, June 1940, Part 2 of 4, Saturday 8th Friday 14th", "Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with K", "Tyne Built Ships. Grave 1. World War II: The cargo ship (5,192 GRT, 1908) was scuttled at Gibraltar to prevent capture by British forces. Under the British Official Secrets Act, the report on the Lancastria cannot be published until the year 2040. 2: Their Finest Hour , Geoffrey Bonds 1959 Lancastria, John Wests 1988 The Loss of Lancastria, Brian Crabbs 2002 The Forgotten Tragedy: The Story of the Loss of HMT Lancastria, Jonathan Fenbys 2005 The Sinking of the Lancastria: Britains Greatest Maritime Disaster and Churchills Cover-up, Jacques Perruchon and Jacques Leroux 2005 Juin 1940 sur les ctes charentaises: ces trangers qui ont refus notre dfaite, Hugh Sebag-Montefiores 2006 The Sinking of the Lancastria in Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man, Jonathan Fenby and James Goodes 2008 The Sinking of the Lancastria, John Hanleys 2013 The Last Boat, Chair of the HMT Lancastria Association Raye Dancocks 2011 The Lancastria a Secret Sacrifice in World War Two, Graham Frasers 2015 Lancastria: The forgotten tragedy of World War Two, and the Lancastria Archive. As it grew lighter, he could see corpses floating around each lifeboat. A pre-war photograph of the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff in Hamburg. Because of the losses of the other requisitioned transports, Captain Sharp postulated, based on the figure of 2,653 men he had rescued during Operation Alphabet that his ship could accommodate 3,000 persons. Sold for scrap in August 1954 at Blyth. The two boys are believed to of forged a letter from their Father stating he had given permission for them to join the ship. Survivors: Five survivors of the S.S City of Benares passenger ship which was sunk by a German U-Boat in September 1940. As the night progressed, body temperatures began to fall. As it hovered over the waves, it suddenly lurched, then one end jerked downwards and was smashed by a wall of water. World War II: The cargo ship (4,499 GRT) was scuttled at Brest, France. The SS Andrea Doria was a flagship of the Italian Line. She simply said: Theres your ship. World War II: The coaster (397 GRT) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with all seven hands. Scharnhorst limped home, listing at five degrees, and would spend the next six months in Trondheim, Norway undergoing repairs. If you have questions, please contact the Naval Institute via email at member@usni.org or by phone at 800-233-8764. After receiving news of the Lancastria disaster, Churchill had placed a D-notice on the incident, forbidding any knowledge of the sinking reaching an already demoralized public. as the source. How ironic it is that the second Apapa was making the identical voyage from the Lagos port that shared her name to Liverpool. Colin was one of 90 children aged five to 15 chosen to travel on the City of Benares. Wynn has previously authored and co-authored books for the Your Towns & Cities in the Great War series published by Pen & Sword in addition to half a dozen non-fiction books and crime thrillers.. Lost were 514 navy men, 26 Fleet Air Arm men and 36 RAF servicing crew. Just two weeks after being set up, it received more than 200,000 applications from worried parents for just 20,000 places. As a precaution, his mother had sewn a life-jacket into the lining, which in turn had been stuffed with silky kapok fibre to provide extra insulation. Estimates of the loss range between 3,000 and 5,800 fatalities. World War II: The patrol boat (409 GRT, 1919) was scuttled at Le Verdon, France. The prevailing narrative of naval warfare in World War II concerns how the carrier decisively unseated the battleship as the dominant naval weapon system. useful bibliography and discussion. The coaster (350 GRT, 1909) ran aground on Fort Island, World War II: The cargo ship (3,137 GRT, 1922) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north of, The coaster (352 GRT, 1937) sank after hitting rocks near, The cargo ship (4,859 GRT, 1912) ran aground at off, The fishing vessel (227 GRT, 1916) collided with, World War II: The cargo ship (2,248 GRT, 1916) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium (, The trawler (219 GRT, 1915) foundered in a storm on rocks known as "The Black Waughs", The trawler (276 GRT, 1917) collided with, World War II: The cargo ship (1,229 GRT, 1911) was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the north coast of Inverness-shire (, World War II: The cargo ship (2,109 GRT, 1920) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The trawler (341 or 202 GRT, 1900) was bombed and sunk in the, World War II: The cargo ship (1,153 GRT, 1893) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the north coast of Inverness-shire (, World War II: The cargo ship (3,270 GRT, 1922) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the, World War II: The cargo ship (4,947 GRT, 1921) was torpedoed and sunk in the, The cargo ship (1,914 GRT) was damaged by ice and sank in the, The cargo ship (1,282 GRT, 1902) collided in dense fog with, World War II: The naval trawler (210 GRT, 1910) struck a mine in the, The cargo ship (3,030 GRT) ran aground off, World War II: The tanker (5,742 GRT, 1921) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the. He states that The time taken to record everybodys name, rank, service number and regiment or corps would have been time consuming and served no purpose (vii). Afterwards, he turned his attention to the woman beside him. uboat.net FR Cyclone, accessed 30 July 2016. Aboard one lifeboat, a freezing boy fell unconscious and slipped into the sea. At 5 PM a shell slammed into the Gloriouss bridge, killing DOyly and most of the command crew. World War II: The cargo ship (3,577 GRT, 1918) was torpedoed and sunk in the, The cargo ship (1,478 GRT, 1924) collided with, World War II: The fishing vessel (96 GRT, 1919) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off, World War II: The cargo ship (3,584 GRT, 1910) was scuttled at, World War II: The tanker (603 GRT) struck a mine in the English Channel off, World War II: The cargo ship (2,317 GRT, 1904) was shelled and sunk in the, The cargo ship (351 GRT, 1920) collided with, World War II: The minesweeper (682/874 t, 1939) struck a mine off, World War II: The cargo ship (2,863 GRT, 1937) struck a mine in the, World War II: The sailing vessel (183 GRT, 1902) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The coaster (798 GRT, 1904) was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the, World War II: The coaster (145 GRT) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The trawler (217 GRT, 1904) struck a mine in the North Sea (, World War II: The cargo ship (5,888 GRT, 1936) was torpedoed and damaged in the, World War II: The cargo ship (4,212 GRT, 1927) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28km; 17mi) off Tory Island by, World War II: The cargo ship (5,415 GRT, 1933) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: Operation Juno: The tanker (5,666 GRT, 1928) was shelled and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Jan Mayen (, World War II: Operation Juno: The troopship (19,840 GRT, 1924) was shelled and sunk in the Norwegian Sea (. World War II: The Adua-class submarine (686/843 t, 1934) was depth charged and sunk west of Crete (3529N 2006E / 35.483N 20.100E / 35.483; 20.100) by HMSDainty and HMSIlex (both Royal Navy). I was just waiting for someone to say: What are you doing in your pyjamas at this time in the morning? But no one even looked at me.. On 1 July 1940, the SS Arandora Star began its final, fateful voyage, transporting internees from Liverpool to camps in Canada. Ships Sunk or Damaged 1939 to 1941 Chronological List of U.S. web page as long as you cite American Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, The Sinking of the Lancastria Stan Scislowski On Monday, June 17, 1940, the Cunard Liner, Lancastria, pressed into war service as a troopship was anchored . With a sickening lurch, 12 passengers were thrown from the boat and lost in the darkness. Two crew were killed. He then struck out to rescue another child but both disappeared in the swirling seas. 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Colin was still trying to comfort his neighbour until a man told him she was dead. The ferrying trip took three to four hours. Kenneth and Raymond Lewis are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London on Panel 49. Within half an hour, four of the crew members on his boat had slipped into unconsciousness and died. World War II: The ocean liner (9,345 GRT, 1906) was bombed and sunk at Le Havre, France by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of six crew. You may not use more than a few lines without permission. World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper (301 GRT, 1907) was scuttled at, World War II: The naval tug (179 GRT) was scuttled at, World War II: The cargo ship (1,199 GRT, 1908) was scuttled at, World War II: The cargo ship (3,594 GRT, 1920) was scuttled at Rochefort, France. Never take this off, she warned him. She was requisitioned as an accommodation ship in 1940, but was briefly removed from service in 1942 so she could play the part of the Titanic in a crude German propaganda film about the sinking of the famous vessel. WHAT WAS THE MAIN SHIP? U-123 was to be his last front line command,. Just two weeks after being set up, it received more than 200,000 applications from worried parents. By then the crippled Glorious was listing and turning in circles while being relentlessly pounded by German guns. On the 8th June 1940, she was sunk 300 miles West of Narvik, by the . World War II: The cargo ship (2,460 GRT, 1909) was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Le Havre, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. The City of Benares gave a great shudder and began to sink. NHF has decommissioned and is no longer accepting new members or donations. SS Arizan Maru while being transferred to Japan, Japanese POW 4 - 2 killed on Wake by Japanese, Damaged-No damage [sources disagree on damage], Steamship (Ship confiscated by U.S. prior), Crew 1; 29 to Japanese POW camp: Died POW: 4. We have details of 11 people who were on board. British Summer Time begins in March but do you wind your watch forward Sickening CCTV footage shows the moment two trains collided and burst into flames in horror smash Greek PM MPs demands the menopause is made a 'protected characteristic' like race or religion - but Equalities Commando, 28, 'told woman he met on dating app "I love it when you keep telling me to stop" as he raped and Charles evicting Harry and Meghan is the act of a King putting his country first: REBECCA ENGLISH reveals A royal princess at Eton? As HMS Hurricane approached Lifeboat 2, Colin and the remaining passengers started singing Rule Britannia. At 4 p.m. on June 8, 1940, the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was cruising west across the Norwegian Sea towards the British naval base of Scapa Flow . You may quote material on this Ardent was finally caught darting out for another torpedo run and set ablaze by repeated hits. When do the clocks change in 2023? Even when coupled with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania off the south coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915 by German which killed 1,195, leaving 761 survivorsLancastria would apparently exceed the combined death total. Once the ship was on its way in a convoy escorted by vessels from the Royal Navy Colin read books in the library and played games on deck. This was the date on which, the RMS Lancastria was sunk off the French port of Nantes, with an unknown loss of life. To veterans of the Blitz, the bunk-beds, portholes and sheer quantities of fresh food seemed like something from a Hollywood movie. Colin was assigned to Lifeboat 2. As a force-ten gale whipped the waves into a fury around the ship, an 11-year-old boy lay alone in his cabin reading The Beano and dreaming of adventure. For the scuttling of RFA Oleander on this day, see the entry for 26 May 1940. The mine exploded sinking the vessel. This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 08:28. Most likely rammed and sunk Oct. 4; 1940 by Antonietta Costa (Italian Cargo ship) 60 NM ENE of Bari . (RIN SS) is sometimes credited with sinking Rainbow on Oct. 15. Besides being called the World War and the Great War, which were the most common names, it was also referred to merely as The War, orThe War in Europe, the War of Nations, the 1914 War, or some variation on these and other names. There are 1,472 names on his list of the deceased, extracted from the War Graves website, but theCommonwealth War Graves Commission records 1,816 burials with more than 400 in France (Fenby 2005, p. 234) and the Lancastria Association identifies 1,738 individuals that died aboard the ship . The youngest known Second World War service death being that of Raymond Victor Steed, age 14, Galley Boy from the S.S. The X-class lighter (160 t, 1915) was wrecked on this date. And when he arrived back on British soil, everything seemed to have a dream-like quality. There were only 11 survivors. In 1940, these included Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers, Gloster Sea Gladiator fighters, as well monoplane Blackburn Skua monoplane bomber/fighters. Andrea Doria, Italian passenger liner that sank on July 25-26, 1956, after colliding with the Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket in the Atlantic Ocean. 8 was the first to be lowered. Meanwhile, Lifeboat 5 was making an uneven descent. Then the boat up-ended, tossing out the rest. Information about the Lancastria sinking might be restricted by the Official Secrets Act. Merchant ship movement card (catalogue reference: BT 389) In the top left corner of the record is the ship's name. World War II: The cargo ship (1,002 GRT, 1904) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The cargo ship (1,766 or 1,894 GRT, 1918) was scuttled at Rochefort, France. Though the Royal Navy claimed the transmission was too garbled to be understood, her crew later testified to the contrary. Under the Official Secrets Act, the report on the Lancastria cannot be published until the year 2040. by Norwegian commandos 11/03/39, Sent from Gibraltar to Marseilles; Released World War II: The tug (239 GRT) struck a mine in the North Sea and sank. Captain Sharp estimated 5,500, but one Royal Engineer officer was told that there were more than 7,200 persons aboard. I realised she was sinking, so I put my arm around her and tried to keep her head above the water.. Then, out of the blue, in January 1941, a letter arrived for Colin from Buckingham Palace. What had happened was that Id lain there, grieving away, and my blood had stopped flowing. World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper (261 GRT, 1918) was scuttled at Lorient, France. Also he was going to join the Navy in UK, would like to get the facts from the Navy about him signing into the Navy, also his father, my Great Grandfather, signed the India Shipping documents in Belfast, Ireland in 1921, claims, can I make claim for Great Great Grandfathers son, William George Ellason Myers he was born 1899, he lost his things and what else damages stress, we were also Banker, looking for documents to support the opening of the Bank of England, Ireland and Scotland and all Y.M.C.A., in America we were Bank Starter for all Great West Permanent Loans and Savings company of Canada, and I believe London Life and all Permanent Buildings, we were amazing, last known residence in his WILL, residing in the Union Theology College of British Columbia/United Church of Canada, Esquire, Banker and Methodist Minister, named after 4 priests. This left Colin sitting up to his chest in water with only the lifeboats buoyancy tanks preventing the boat from vanishing beneath the waves. The ship, built in 1940 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts, was one of eight sister ships built for the United States Maritime Commission on behalf of American Export Lines. I of course ,read it before giving it to my father. In fact, the Northampton was secretly evacuating the Norweigian royal family to the UK, and commanding Vice Admiral John Cunningham had strict orders to maintain radio silence, and thus neither intervened nor relayed the message. World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper (675 GRT, 1911) was scuttled at Cherborug, France. DOyly-Hughes ordered the destroyer Ardent to turn about and visually investigate the sighting, while nonchalantly maintaining his westward course at cruising speed. It was carrying 406 passengers and crew, of whom 100 were children. As the years went by, the only thing that survived from his ordeal on the City of Benares was his little scarlet life-jacket. A tragedy in itself made worse by the fact they should never have been onboard to begin with. The Glorious then was assigned to pick up the fighters she had just dropped off. The RMS Queen Mary is now a floating hotel located in . This is the story of Michael McShane and how he survived the sinking of the SS Athenia, the first ship torpedoed by a U-boat in World War II. The Story of the Evacuation in Britain, 1939-1945. Some survivors claimed that a bomb had gone straight down a funnel, others thought bombs hit No, 4, 2, and 3 holds. From the moment the children walked up the gangplank, they were entranced by their new home. The much smaller vessel immediately laid a smoke screen which it used as cover to launch hit-and-run torpedo attacks. It was used until 1993, when the name was changed to DSMA-Notice (Defence and Security Media Advisory Notice). I felt responsible for losing them and a totally ridiculous guilt came over me., For a few days, reporters made a big fuss of the heroic boy who had helped others in his lifeboat to survive. This story has been placed in the following categories. When Bess and Beth were rescued, their frozen fingers had to be prised off their capsized lifeboat. The term RMS dates to 1840 when only the fastest and most reliable ships were contracted by the British government to carry mail. The great betrayal: How journalist Isabel Oakeshott leaked Matt Hancock's WhatsApps after they worked Don't just stick to the Malbec! The loss of the LANCASTRIA was also the most . Splinters also pierced one of the carriers boilers, slowing her down. World War II: The cargo ship (1,927 GRT, 1922) was scuttled as a blockship in Churchill Sound, World War II: The cargo ship (6,701 GRT, 1918) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Land's End, United Kingdom (, World War II: The cargo ship (4,201 GRT, 1911) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland (, World War II: The cargo ship (1,291 GRT, 1913) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Land's End (. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans and re-entered service as. The Lancastria Tragedy: Sinking and Cover-Up, June 1940. Ships Sunk, Damaged or Captured December 1941 (82 ships), Chronological list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged, Geographical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged, Alphabetical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged, Merchant Marine Casualties The 224-meter long vessel still could only carry a smaller air group of forty-eight aircraft compared to larger U.S. fleet carriers. It was time to evacuate their precious son to safety and that had to be beyond British shores. The date was September 17, 1940. List of shipwrecks in June 1940 - Wikipedia List of shipwrecks in June 1940 View history The list of shipwrecks in June 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1940 . A German submarine torpedoed the ship hours after Britain declared war on Hitler in 1939 - more than 100 people, including many Americans, were killed. September 3, 2020 Call it fate, coincidence, predestination, or just bad luck, somehow Michael McShane ended up on the British passenger liner SS Athenia during the first few days of September 1939. World War II: The cargo ship (873 or 909 GRT, 1904) struck a mine off Cape Granitola, Italy and sank. Some families, such as the Grimmonds from Brixton, South London, faced an almost unimaginable loss: five of their children Violet, Connie, Lennie, Eddie and Gussie had perished. World War II: Operation Dynamo: The fishing vessel (39 GRT) was sunk in the North Sea at Dunkerque, France, by enemy action. The ship, carrying more than 400 passengers and crew, included a precious cargo of 90 evacuees under a scheme. There are no actual transcripts of these speeches, but they have been reconstructed from Churchills notes given to Charles Eade. Whatever the case, this event likely remains the largest single-ship loss of life in British maritime history, more than the RMS Titanic, which had an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard and suffered over 1,500 fatalities. Industry chief demands planned corporation tax hike from 19 to 25% in this Ukrainian soldier takes out five Russian tanks and three armoured vehicles in ONE DAY using US-supplied Ukraine 'hits major Russian air base in fresh strike' a day after kamikaze drone crashed down just 68 miles How did Russia lose HALF of its 45,000 elite paratroopers in just seven months? 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