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23rd December 2018, 01:44 PM
#11
Re: SS North Britain
Thanks, he was born in Oldham 26/5/1922.
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23rd December 2018, 02:07 PM
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Re: SS North Britain
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Chris Allman
Andrea if you Google SS North Britain then go to images, the first two pictures are of the ship itself. One is a painting the other is a photograph of it in dock. Wiser souls than me may be able to advise you with reference to a photograph of your Grandfather. Hope this helps.
I would think that photo is of the North Britain built in 1945 and not the one lost in 1943.
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23rd December 2018, 06:14 PM
#13
Re: SS North Britain
Thanks for this - that was my concern.
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23rd December 2018, 08:38 PM
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Re: SS North Britain
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...llen,-william/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...llen,-William/
Name: |
NORTH BRITAIN |
Type: |
Cargo Ship |
Launched: |
16/09/1940 |
Completed: |
11/1940 |
Builder: |
J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
Yard: |
South Shields |
Yard Number: |
519 |
Dimensions: |
4635grt, 2683nrt, 405.6 x 53.6 x 24.4ft |
Engines: |
T3cyl (23, 38 & 65 x 42ins), 406nhp |
Engines by: |
North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: |
1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: |
Steel |
Reg Number: |
165801 |
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History: |
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22/11/1940 |
North Shipping Co Ltd (Hugh Roberts & Son, managers), Newcastle |
05/05/1943 |
Sank |
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Comments: |
05/05/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U707 in position 300 miles south of Greenland |
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On a voyage from Glasgow to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a cargo of firebricks & fireclay |
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23rd December 2018, 09:01 PM
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Re: SS North Britain
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24th December 2018, 08:36 AM
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Re: SS North Britain
Thank you so much - do you know where I’m able to find a photo of my grandfather?
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24th December 2018, 08:39 AM
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Re: SS North Britain
As said Andrea
That is going to be very hard as no recors were kept after 1972.
I have been looking at other options but have as yet not come up with anything as regards a Pic.
But who knows something or someone may yet come up with a Miracle LOL
file:///C:/Users/tmacd/AppData/Local/Packages/Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe/TempState/Downloads/CULLEN_WILLIAM%20(1).pdf
Not too sure on the following but you can download his Records of the Royal Navy I think here ??
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Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1928 - The National Archives
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24th December 2018, 01:58 PM
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Re: SS North Britain
He was Royal Navy so his service file from WWII will still be held by the MOD, but these records do not contain a photo. Nor do they list any other Merchant ships he served on, just the accountancy bases he was attached to such as HMS President III.
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