Great Uncle.

[Ron B Manderson]

welcome to the site David.
You have come to the correct bunch of members here.
If the info is there they will find it for you.
Ron the batcave
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[Dave Robertson]

Had a look at your link Hugh and managed to name all the vessels on the card. The one anomaly was that the official number for the Glenearn (162370) actually comes up as the TOLTEN. When looking at the link it then provides to the CLIP site, it is stated that the TOLTEN was formerly the Glenearn and was built in Port Glasgow in 1930. Before looking at this site I had been looking for another vessel named Glenearn which was built in Dundee in 1938. I should have twigged when the date on the CR1 card was 1935. Thanks to your link I am now on the right track.
Dave.

[Dave Robertson]

Thanks Keith,
yes there is a possibility he settled overseas and I do also have 2 leads to follow in England. One being a possible marriage in Middlesborough in 1939 and a death in Durham in 1940, so some signs of hope on the horizon. The more info I can gather about Samuel, the easier it should be to trace any possible living relations.

Dave

[Keith at Tregenna]

No worries, just helps to know as much as pos and will likely ask more, fingers crossed K.

[Dave Robertson]

Have managed to trace all the vessels on Samuel's list now and all of them apart from the first ship were sunk at sea. 2 of his former ships were actually sunk on the same day by torpedo from the same U boat. Seams he led a charmed life at sea. His first ship was scrapped in 1967, so all of this gives me a great deal of hope that he did indeed survive the war and managed to settle somewhere and possibly have family. I am currently waiting to hear back about a possible confirmation on a marriage in Middlesborough, so fingers crossed.
Dave.

[Hugh]

Hello Dave,
Did you get his CRS 10? It will list all ships from 1941 until he left the service.
Regards
Hugh

[Dave Robertson]

Hi there Hugh,
no I have not as yet, have been busy at work this week and had a "homer" on today. I am off for a week at Easter so will try to spend a day or 2 looking into getting his CRS10. Wont manage to go to Kew but will contact them anyhow. Hopefully by then I will have heard back from Middlesborough council regarding the marriage and also Durham regarding a possible lead.
Dave.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Hi there Hugh,
no I have not as yet, have been busy at work this week and had a "homer" on today. I am off for a week at Easter so will try to spend a day or 2 looking into getting his CRS10. Wont manage to go to Kew but will contact them anyhow. Hopefully by then I will have heard back from Middlesborough council regarding the marriage and also Durham regarding a possible lead.
Dave.

My biggest bug bear: that work thing, interrupts all the things I could be getting on with.

Catch up ASAP. K

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Dave.
You can get all the ships sunk by U-Boat on u-boat net. If you have the names of the ships he was on I have the official record of all British ships sunk in the second world war and by what means.
Cheers Des
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[cappy]

the u boat site is truly amazing married into my family was the sister of a ist tripper lost on the ss effna with all hands .......all the family ever got was a lettersaying she was lost ......years later i saw the u boat commanders report....his name and a photo of him on line ....deepsea also gave me the list of names of all hands.who were lost ....thanks to deepsea.......regards cappy