Merchant Navy

Photo Duncan Cameron Kennedy 3 ship mates, Merchant Navy

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Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Part One)

At the beginning of the Second World War in 1939, Britain had the largest merchant fleet in the world, with...

Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Part Two)

Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Part Two)...

10 months in the Merchant Navy

10th May Left London for Grimsby 1100 hours. 23rd July Crash reported at Ilfracombe, left for base...

Your story - edited and categorised

The boat was lowered but now, the forward falls jammed, so using all his strength, Dougie Davidson managed...

The Loss of the Cunard Ship Laconia - Albert Goode MN

Torpedoed by a German U-Boat, 2 November 1942

As previously explained, four of the seamen lost when the SS Empire Leopard was sunk came from Whitehaven,...

The M.V. Neptunian, Captain Günther Prien and German submarine U-47

One of the 36 seamen who died on the MV ‘Neptunian’ after being torpedoed by U-47 on 7...

Heads it's Trawlers, Tails the Merchant Navy

John Alexander was born in Hull in 1913 off Walcott Street on Hessle Road; he attended Constable Street...

I Joined The Army to See The Sea

We went into Russia and landed the American troops on the beaches. You were salvation to the army lost,...

Wartime Experiences of Leslie Boucher, Cardiff in the Norwegian Merchant Navy

With the consent of my father I joined the Norwegian Merchant Navy in 1941, as an Engine Room boy at the...

MV Dawlish

Victor's Story

Victor's parents Victor and Beatrice were working as a chauffeur and a "nippy" at Lyons Corner...

An Encounter with a German Submarine 1941

He looked out of the porthole and there lo and behold approximately 400-500 yards away was a German U Boat!...

My Uncle Bill

The Shuntien was sunk in position 32.6N 24.46E. 19 of the crew were rescued by H.M.S. Heythrop, and 100 by...

Experiences in the Merchant Navy

Merchant Navy I joined my first ship, SS Gloucester Castle, at King George V Docks on 10 October 1935 as a...

Merchant navy standard

Colin Armitage his brother was torpedoed off the African coast on the SS lulworth Hill... 14 men took to a...

Russian Convoys

This certificate, signed by the Russian President M Gorbachov and the WW2 medal issued by the Soviet...

ss. King Edward, Convoy 154 - Dec.1942-Sept.2004

King Edward, Convoy 154 - Dec.1942-Sept.2004. Harry was my eldest brother and was 17 when he sailed on the...

ENEMY ACTION - Empire Kingsley torpedoed, convoys attacked.

His story was given to the Trebah WW2 Video Archive, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004. I was...

SS Rancher 1944-1945

After many treacherous trips across the North Atlantic in a variety of Merchant Ships, I boarded the SS...

ENEMY ACTION - Empire Kingsley attack, Germans attack lifeboats.

ENEMY ACTION - Empire Kingsley attack, Germans attack lifeboats. The crew from the Empire Kingsley were...

A Sad Christmas 1940

They were serving on the MV Victor Ross which had left Liverpool in ballast bound for New York on the 2...

Food from Argentina

My father told me that, during the war years, when he was still a little child, my grandfather and other...

S.S. King Edward,Convoy ONS 154 - December 1942 - September 2004

Harry was my eldest brother and was 17 when he sailed on the King Edward en route to America... All I ever...