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26-03-2008, 06:48 PM
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You're Top Poster: #16   | Lost at sea Quote:
Hi Sniper, would the man have D.O.D. 14/11/42 Brian | |
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26-03-2008, 08:35 PM
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Thats the date for sure. Sniper 
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28-03-2008, 06:05 PM
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You're Top Poster: #16 | The S.S.Scillin Quote:
The ship was the S.S.Scillin,she was sunk 35:15N - 11:17E at roughly 19:50hrs on the 14/11/42 by P212 Sahib. The submarine picked up 27 Allied survivors,six of which I met over the years. In 1998 I was over the wreck scattering the ashes of a survivor who had died earlier in the year. Brian | |
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28-03-2008, 08:14 PM
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You're Top Poster: #12 | ss SCILLIN built in 1902 as H.M PELLAT official number 114446. 1920 renamed MEMLING 1924 renamed NICOLE LE BORGNE 1934 renamed GIULIANA PAGAN 1935 renamed SCILLIN SECONDO 1937 renamed SCILLIN History Canadian Lake & Ocean Navigation Co (Wm Petersen, Newcastle). 1911 Merchants Mutual Line. 1916 To Canadian Northern Steamship Co (operated by Canada Steamship Lines). Ocean service in WW1. 1937 Last owner, Fratelli Bianchi Soc di Nav, Genoa. Torpedoed & Sunk - 13/11/1942. Shelled and torpedoed by HMS SAHIB when 9 miles north of Kuriat, Tunisia on passage Tripoli for Trapani Regards Hugh
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29-03-2008, 12:47 PM
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You're Top Poster: #16 | S.S.Scillin Quote:
that's the ship my Father died on,and one I have researched since 1992 when I first discovered how dad had died. The date you give must be from Italian sources as they always get it wrong. The ship left Tripoli on Friday the 13th at 13:00hrs.This was after a delay of 3hrs,and was sunk on the 14th. An article telling the full story of my research into the ship and its R.A. Casualties was published in the R.A. Journal of September 2006. Also a few years ago earlier the H.A.C. planted a tree to the members of the 11th Rgt. who were lost at sea as P.O.W. during 1942. Six years this coming May,a Service was held at T.N.M.A. to dedicate a Memorial on the North Africa Plot. A tree was also planted to the Memory of those lost at sea as P.O.W. Three survivors and quite a few Families attended,along with Veterans and representatives from the Worcester and Foresters Association. In all about eighty attended. Brian | |
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29-03-2008, 12:52 PM
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You're Top Poster: #13 | Hi Brian, If you have any information on the Didcot guy or the trip that led to his death i certainly would appeciate anything you are able to tell me. Thanks Sniper
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29-03-2008, 01:29 PM
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When it comes to information best to trust sources that have researched deeply for years. So I am with you on the dates. Regards Hugh
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29-03-2008, 02:44 PM
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You're Top Poster: #20 | Hello Brian from a newbie in Canada. I have only been here a short while and they do seem to be a great bunch. Very helpful and they don't pick on us newbies unless we really set ourselves up for it! Sorry I can't help you with your research as I am really a Great War Researcher who came here for an education. As such, I look forward to reading your posts and learning. I understand there were a lot of POW camps in Canada during WWII. Something I will look into in the future. Richard |
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29-03-2008, 05:36 PM
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You're Top Poster: #16 | Scillin Casualties Quote:
all the men who were lost on the Scillin were originally in the Larger Camp at Benghazi. This was to the South of the City,on high ground overlooking the Saltflats. The Camp was prepared by the Italians under the Command of an Engineer Captain called Palermo,and was in use from the 3rd week in June 1942. At maximum the Camp held 24,000 allied P.O.W. Towards the end of October over 1,000 of the prisoners were sent by lorry and trailer to a camp in Tripoli called Campo Benito. The jouney was one of 3 days. Here they stayed until the morning of Friday the 13th November when they were taken to the docks for transportation to Italy via Trapani. The Scillin wasn't ready for sea when they arrived at the Spanish Quay. However when they did begin to board it was clear that there wasn't room for all of them and 195 were left on the Quay. The Scillin sailed at 13:00hrs.This was a delay of 3hrs to the timings given by Ultra intercepts. The remaining 195 sailed the following morning at 3am. Hope this gives a little more into the background of those lost. Brian | |
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