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    Hi , I am trying to find out some missing details about her time during the war
    3/4/41 -27/5/41 my grandfather was on her between these dates but his discharge book only stares
    OHMS , I have the ships movement cards but one card is not there , they end in 10/1940 and restart 24/5/41 , just wondered if anyone had any info on her movements or where I can find out ,
    She must have been in service as a troop ship OHMS , searched campaign records and only one that makes sense of the dates is operation Luster moving troops from Egypt to Greece on these dates
    Any info would be greatly appreciated
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    Convoyweb Extras

    TRY THIS LINK IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. ARNOLD HAGUES CONVOY WEB.

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    Last edited by John Gurton; 8th July 2020 at 03:43 PM.

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    This link, from the Arnold Hague Convoy Web data base might help a little too...

    Arnold Hague Ports database

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    As noted via Wikipedia, she must have been laid up for repairs... ( convoy WS.3B )

    On 8 October 1940, Oronsay, while part of a convoy from the Clyde to Egypt carrying troops, was bombed and damaged by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe at a position 70 miles off Bloody Foreland, County Donegal Ireland.[8][9] According to at least one eyewitness,[8] no bombs actually hit the ship, but the engines were damaged by the blast and the rest of the convoy, with escort, sailed on. With the ship in a highly vulnerable state during a storm (which may, fortuitously, have been limiting U-boat activity in the area), the engines were restarted. Oronsay then made her way back to port without further incident, though casualties were reported.[10]

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