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    Default Hello!

    Hello all, i'm a new member, never sailed but am trying to trace some family history.
    My grandmother and her four sisters were in the merchant navy during the WW11, i know they all served on the same ship at one point as my great grandmother wrote a letter asking if they could seperated! I know my grandmother served on the HMS Andes but not sure if she ever served on different ships.
    Does anyone know anything about this ship or its journeys?
    Are there any records of crew/passenger lists archived anywhere?
    Thanks in advance
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    Hi and Welcome to the site.
    To start with if you could supply some names .places of Birth and Dates (Years will do) frm there it will make it easier for us to try and assist you.
    Searching on the Internet for the Ship will bring up a lot but may not have the info you require.
    Will await your reply
    Thank you
    Cheers


    Just some info on the Ship there were 2 Ships of that name
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Andes_(1939)

    For a small fee you can download several Sheets of info on this Ship

    https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/D8660850
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    Welcome to the site Pete
    Sure you will get a response
    Ron the batcave

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    Default Re: Hello!

    Hi Pete.
    I think Vernon has it right R.M.S Andes, don't think that your Grandmother and sisters would have been in the Royal Navy, although there are some young Grandmothers around these days. Were they stewardesses ?
    Cheers Des

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    google..……………….

    HMS Andes, armed merchant cruiser - British warships of ...
    naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Andes.htm

    HMS ANDES – April 1915 to December 1918, 10th Cruiser Squadron Northern Patrol, North Atlantic Convoys Edited by Helen J, Old Weather Transcriber, Co Durham SS Andes (Photo …

    HMS Andes | Sacrifice
    https://ww1sacrifice.com/2015/12/06/hms-andes

    06/12/2015 · HMS Andes was an ocean liner built in 1913 for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She was requisitioned in March 1915 and fitted with six 6-inch guns. Andes spent most of the war in 10 th Cruiser Squadron, on the Northern Patrol, on duties around the Faeroe Islands and Iceland. On the morning of 29 February 1916, HMS Andes, in company with HMS Alcantara—her sister ship and also ...

    ANDES (MMSI: 209394000) Ship Photos | AIS Marine Traffic
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    Default Re: Hello!

    Hello again everyone, many thanks for your responses to my enquiry.
    Yes, sorry i should have been more specific.
    My grandmother and her sisters all served at some point on RMS Andes, completed in Belfast 1939 and almost immediatly requisitioned to the cause. I have read a bit about the ships journeys, of which there were many, which im sure is the case for all the merchant ships at the time.
    Her name was Mary Brown nee O'brien and i believe all the sisters were still O'briens. Her date of birth was 27/08/1910 Birkenhead, Cheshire. All of them were stewardesses.
    I have recently, last week, traced a first cousin through ancestry and associated sites and she has been able ti give me some good info.
    It is her that also remebers the Empress ships being mentioned but shes not sure which ones so much help i know. I've started my search with the the Andes as this was one she seemed certain about.
    Does anyone know if crew lists for the merchant ships exists anywhere?
    Look forward to any thoughts, many thanks
    Pete
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    The University in Newfoundland Canada holds a great deal of Crew Lists ,however you must look up the Ship to see if they have any on her!
    Its not always the case if it comes up as not found that there are no records so after a search best to contact them and ask.
    A Mrs Tanya MacDonald is the one to contact at the Email given
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    Hi Des,
    Yes they were stewardesses on RMS Andes im led to believe!
    Thanks
    Pete

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    Thanks Doc,
    I'm following this lees up after the weekend, many thanks
    Pete

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