From the half-submerged Lifeboat 2, Colin watched as the Benares sank below the waves. "Verluste Deutscher Handelsschiffe 1939-1945 und unter deutscher Flagge fahrender auslndischer Schiffe: 1940", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1940&oldid=1142243449, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, World War II: The cargo ship (4,220 GRT) was bombed and damaged in the North Sea 13 nautical miles (24km) off, World War II: The coaster (281 GRT, 1896) was bombed and sunk in the, World War II: The trawler (195 GRT) was bombed and sunk in the North Sea (. Captain Rudolf Sharpe later lost his life when the ship he commanded, the Laconia, was sunk. Initiated in 1889and then revised in 1911, 1920, and 1939it sets out offences related to spying, sabotage, and related crimes. The SS Goslar, a steamboat, was at port in Suriname when Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, causing the country (then a colony of the Netherlands) to begin to intern German men living in the . She was later salvaged by the Germans and re-entered service as. The ferrying trip took three to four hours. The German battlecruisers then hastily left the scene without picking up survivors. About 124,000 troops were assembling and the Admiralty had dispatched some 30 merchant vessels of all sizes to the rescue. Rangitane left Auckland on Sunday 24 November 1940, en route to Britain via the Panama Canal. The SS Athenia was the first ship sunk by Germany in World War II and resulted in the death of 118 civilians. Chapter 5 focuses on the actual sinking of the Lancastria while Chapter 11 focuses on its aftermath. In any event, none of the Glorious aircraft were airborne performing a Combat Air Patrol, nor were any readied on the flight deckperhaps due to concerns of pilot fatigue. The 1,300-ton ship sustained a multiple hits from the two 40,000-ton battlecruisersbut on her second run, one of her torpedoes slammed into the Scharnhorst, ripping a 12-meter wide hole into her hull that let in over two thousand tons of water, knocked her aft Caesar turret out of action, killed forty-eight crew, and disabled her starboard propeller shaft. Germany initially denied involvement. World War II: The cargo ship (2,460 GRT, 1909) was bombed and sunk in the English Channel off Le Havre, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. "Naval Events, March 1940, Part 1 of 2, Friday 1st Thursday 14th", "Verluste Deutscher Handelsschiffe 1939-1945 und unter deutscher Flagge fahrender auslndischer Schiffe: 1940", "Naval Events, February 1940, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st - Wednesday 14th", "Naval Events, March 1940, Part 2 of 2, Friday 15th Sunday 31st", "Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939 - 1945. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. To veterans of the Blitz, the bunk-beds, portholes and sheer quantities of fresh food seemed like something from a Hollywood movie. It was his mother who came to collect him. I realised she was sinking, so I put my arm around her and tried to keep her head above the water.. He had a good war by late 1940, sinking eight ships in six wartime patrols, mostly in the North Sea, before the prestigious commission on U-123. This feat accomplished, the Glorious was to sail back to the UK with fellow carrier Ark Royal for mutual protection. 2012 Sean Longden. Families of men from both ships have attended an annual maritime commemmoration . Left to right, Kenneth Sparkes, Derek Capel, Freddie Steele, Billy Short and Howard Clayton, Far from being distraught at leaving his parents behind, Colin was excited at the prospect of stepping into a real-life Western: I thought of the sun and the hills. Because of the losses of the other requisitioned transports, Captain Sharp postulated, based on the figure of 2,653 men he had rescued during Operation Alphabet that his ship could accommodate 3,000 persons. World War II: The patrol boat (409 GRT, 1919) was scuttled at Le Verdon, France. Colin was still trying to comfort his neighbour until a man told him she was dead. those of the BBC. Even when coupled with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania off the south coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915 by German which killed 1,195, leaving 761 survivorsLancastria would apparently exceed the combined death total. Others tried desperately to tread water before surrendering to the deep. WHAT WAS THE MAIN SHIP? List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1940 Ship Country Description Arucas Germany World War II: The passenger ship (3,369 GRT, 1927) was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean east of Iceland by HMS York ( Royal Navy) and was scuttled by herTen crew members were lost at sea. The rest of the convoy sailed on, obeying standing orders not to stay in a danger zone. Some families, such as the Grimmonds from Brixton, South London, faced an almost unimaginable loss: five of their children Violet, Connie, Lennie, Eddie and Gussie had perished. In the Hotel Berlin, the Gestapo is searching for underground leader Martin Richter. Early in 1923 the vessel together with two other . All morning, Colin continued to heave corpses away from his boat. A2477018. What a story, and how lucky are we,born just after WW2, for the brave men and women, who fought for our freedom, Your email address will not be published. At 4 p.m. on June 8, 1940, the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was cruising west across the Norwegian Sea towards the British naval base of Scapa Flow when her lookout spotted two grey blips over a dozen miles away on the horizon. The only comfort came from urinating in the water: for a few brief seconds, he could feel the warmth swirling around his legs. From the moment the children walked up the gangplank, they were entranced by their new home. The U.S. The SS Andrea Doria was a flagship of the Italian Line. All rights reserved. Wynn cites seven online sources (p. 181), namely the British Newspaper Archive, the Britain at War website, the British section of Ancestry.com, the Militarian Forum, the Forces War Records, the Wartime Memories Project, and the War Graves Records, which appear to have been mistakenly recorded as a .com website rather than .org. For the scuttling of RFA Oleander on this day, see the entry for 26 May 1940. Under the British Official Secrets Act, the report on the Lancastria cannot be published until the year 2040. The numbers of passengers aboard, survivors, and casualties are unreported or vary wildly. Wynn states that there were 2,488 survivors and a minimum of 2,385 perished. British and Allied evacuation vessels took Lancastrias survivors aboard, the trawler HMT Cambridgeshire alone rescuing nearly 900 souls. As Colin recalls, his mothers attitude was: Least said, soonest mended.. A few, however, began to whimper when a number of children who had been injured by debris from the explosion such as broken glass were brought on deck. World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper (464 GRT) was bombed and sunk at Dunkerque, France, by Luftwaffe aircraft. In 1940, these included Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers, Gloster Sea Gladiator fighters, as well monoplane Blackburn Skua monoplane bomber/fighters. However, in May 24, the Allies began evacuating forces in Norway due to Germanys successful offensives into the Low Countries and France. But a carrier could deploy over a hundred airplanes that could strike targets hundreds of miles away with torpedoes and bombs. From somewhere out there in the deep, a German U-boat had fired a torpedo directly into the ship, just below the childrens sleeping quarters. As the night progressed, body temperatures began to fall. However, Chapter 10, Those Who Died, comprises nearly one-third of the book and lists the names of 1,431 individuals from 39 different military units along with, where possible, their ranks, service numbers and designations of regiments or corps. Kenneth and Raymond Lewis are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London on Panel 49. However, on June 8 DOyly-Hughes received permission to depart independently for Scapa Flow escorted by just two destroyers. The maritime disaster resulted in the deaths of 51 people46 from the Andrea Doria and 5 from the Stockholm. The cargo ship (1,537 GRT, 1938) sank off West Point, The cargo ship (1,314 GRT, 1913) ran aground in the, World War II: The cargo ship (4,512 GRT, 1911) struck a mine and sank in the, The trawler (162 GRT, 1897) sank after a collision with the trawler. Within four months of the outbreak of World War II, Lancastria was requisitioned by the Admiralty as His Majestys Troopship (HMT) Lancastria under the command of Captain Rudolph Sharp. Postcard of RMS Lancastria. World War II: The captured ex-Dutch coastal defence ship (5,002 t, 1904) was bombed and sunk at, World War II: The naval yacht (196 GRT, 1938) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (, World War II: The cargo ship (1,888 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The tanker (7,011 GRT, 1922) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by, World War II: The cargo ship (5,154 GRT, 1918) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay (, The cargo ship (2,724 or 2,608 GRT, 1929) collided with another vessel and sank in the. You may not use more than a few lines without permission. The badly damaged Alexia was acquired by the Royal Navy and converted to the auxiliary escort carrier HMS Alexia, commissioned in December 1943.After the war, the ship was rebuilt for merchant service and renamed Ianthina in 1951. are also recorded at the top of the card.From left to right, the six columns on the card will tell you: the year, current voyage and . It was in the 1970s a challenge, but I eventually, after many disappointing follows, found a second hand copy, with a book dealer. Ships Sunk, Damaged or Captured December 1941 (82 ships), Chronological list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged, Geographical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged, Alphabetical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged, Merchant Marine Casualties If you have questions, please contact the Naval Institute via email at member@usni.org or by phone at 800-233-8764. Though the Royal Navy claimed the transmission was too garbled to be understood, her crew later testified to the contrary. by Norwegian commandos 11/03/39, Sent from Gibraltar to Marseilles; Released The term RMS dates to 1840 when only the fastest and most reliable ships were contracted by the British government to carry mail. A pre-war photograph of the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff in Hamburg. The list of shipwrecks in June 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1940. Franconia was assigned to Lorient while Lancastria continued toward St. Nazaire but because of the tidal channel on the Loire estuary Lancastria had to anchor in the Charpentier Roads about 5 nm (nautical miles) southwest of the actual port. September 3, 2020 Call it fate, coincidence, predestination, or just bad luck, somehow Michael McShane ended up on the British passenger liner SS Athenia during the first few days of September 1939. At 02.15 hours on 10 Aug 1942, U-510 fired torpedoes at the Alexia and observed three hits in sequence and thought after 10 minutes that the tanker had sunk, but the ship was again salved. Estimates of the loss range between 3,000 and 5,800 fatalities. I of course ,read it before giving it to my father. Published: 00:26 GMT, 10 March 2012 | Updated: 00:27 GMT, 10 March 2012. The reason? Measuring some 697 feet (212 metres) in length, it could carry . This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 08:28. And when he arrived back on British soil, everything seemed to have a dream-like quality. World War II: The cargo ship (873 or 909 GRT, 1904) struck a mine off Cape Granitola, Italy and sank. Just two weeks after being set up, it received more than 200,000 applications from worried parents. If it can be proved that Captain Sharp ignored the Ministry of Defence instructions not to exceed the maximum loading capacity of 3000 persons, grounds for compensation claims could be enormous. Seager Co. Tempus Shipping Ltd). The RMS Queen Mary is now a floating hotel located in . Despite his mothers disapproval, Colin developed a curious desire to return to the sea. Certainly, there was little panic as everyone gathered at pre-arranged points. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. I felt responsible for losing them and a totally ridiculous guilt came over me., For a few days, reporters made a big fuss of the heroic boy who had helped others in his lifeboat to survive. Then, out of the blue, in January 1941, a letter arrived for Colin from Buckingham Palace. Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. Afterwards, he says: We were all becoming very sleepy, delirious. Archive List > World > North Atlantic and Arctic. Row 1. The youngest known Second World War service death being that of Raymond Victor Steed, age 14, Galley Boy from the S.S. Captain Sharp would lose his life on September 12, 1942, when the HMT Laconia, was sunk northeast of Ascension Island off the coast of West Africa by Kriegsmarine U-156, a Type IXC boat then attached to the 4th U-boat Flotilla. by Sebastien Roblin. We said: If you want them, theyre 600 miles out at the bottom of the Atlantic! he recalls. However, crew members have alleged DOyly-Hughes was in a hurry to attend Heaths court martial. 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The gloves became essential in the hours ahead in helping him keep a grip on the gunwales. Interestingly, 2040 or 2041 should also be when restricted British documents on the Pearl Harbor attack are made public. Lancastria was attacked, apparently by five Junkers Ju 88 dive bombers, and the ship capsized, and sank within twenty minutes mid-afternoon on June 17 off the French port of St. Nazaire. Never take this off, she warned him. The following brief overview of the Lancastrias history is augmented with verified information from sources that Wynn might have consulted. In his memoirs, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote that he had intended to release the news a few days later, but that events in France crowded upon us so black and so quickly that I forgot to lift the ban (p.192). A young man on another boat descended into madness, screaming and threatening his fellow passengers. With his red life-jacket already on over his pyjamas, he headed up the stairs. On 1 July 1940, the SS Arandora Star began its final, fateful voyage, transporting internees from Liverpool to camps in Canada. A pre-war photograph of the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff in Hamburg. World War II: The cargo ship (2,483 GRT, 1894) was scuttled in Churchill Sound, World War II: The cargo ship (5,403 GRT, 1919) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The naval trawler (357 GRT, 1928) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The dredger (1,832 GRT, 1903) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The tanker (8,215 GRT, 1931) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The cargo ship (6,466 GRT, 1924) was intercepted in the, World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in the port of, World War II: Operation Juno: The tanker (5,978 GRT, 1929) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The cargo liner (13,212 GRT, 1939) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre (. List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1940 Ship Country Description, Msd Pro Billet Distributor Wiring Diagram. To order a copy for 16.99 (incl p&p), call 0843 382 0000. She did not return to Liverpool in time to take part in the famous Operation Dynamo at Dunkirk, which evacuated 338,226 Belgian, British, and French troops between May 26 and June 4,. Abandoning his grip on the gunwales, Colin helped pull out the corpses and consign them to a watery grave. It was fourth English pounds. Hammac was a steam tank ship built in 1920-1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Alameda for the United States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine. The Glorious first saw action in World War II providing air cover for the Allied expeditionary force seeking to support Norways resistance to Nazi invasion in April 1940, her Sea Gladiators shooting down several German bombers. For decades, the Royal Navy offered a vaguely exculpatory account of the disaster, but in the 1980s historian Stephen Roskill published an article holding poor command culture by Captain DOylyy responsible for the tragedy. As yet more lifeboats were overwhelmed by the icy-cold water, there seemed little hope of anyone surviving. Even so, he was already freezing and soaked to the skin. World War II: The cargo ship (1,002 GRT, 1904) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The cargo ship (1,766 or 1,894 GRT, 1918) was scuttled at Rochefort, France. The carrier sank in about fifteen minutes after being hit by two torpedoes from a salvo of three fired from the U-boat. With a sickening lurch, 12 passengers were thrown from the boat and lost in the darkness. People were jumping. World War II: The Type M-1935 minesweeper (682/874 t, 1939) struck a mine and sank in the Norwegian Sea north of Kristiansand, Norway (, World War II: The tug (400 GRT, 1919) was scuttled at Brest, France. On No. Already 600 miles out to sea, the SS City of Benares was carrying Colin and 89 other child evacuees to the U.S. and Canada, where they could wait out the end of the war in safety. After the Navy, Colin became a Lloyds underwriter, married first wife, Gill, and adopted a baby of six weeks who grew up to become Changing Rooms presenter Anna Ryder Richardson. NHF has decommissioned and is no longer accepting new members or donations. Unlike the other youngsters, who had official escorts, he was travelling independently, though his parents had asked Laszlo Raskai, a Hungarian journalist, to keep an eye on him. Survivors: Five survivors of the S.S City of Benares passenger ship which was sunk by a German U-Boat in September 1940. . As he worked, he knew that a single wave could sweep him away. World War II: The cargo ship (7,886 GRT, 1938) was scuttled at Gibraltar to prevent capture by British forces. Many years later, I was asked by my father, Oliver Gleasure (Irish Guards) to find the book, so he could gift it to my uncle. World War II: The cargo ship (7,340 GRT) was bombed and sunk off Le Havre, France by Luftwaffe aircraft. I thought: Wake up, Colin! She once described him affectionately as a big child. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Colin acted quickly. Lancastria was attacked, apparently by five Junkers Ju 88 dive bombers, and the ship capsized, and sank within twenty minutes mid-afternoon on June 17 off the French port of St. Nazaire. She was built in 1936 and sailed for 30 years before retiring in 1967. World War II: The cargo ship (1,746 GRT, 1921) struck a mine and sank in Danish waters off. After receiving news of the Lancastria disaster, Churchill had placed a D-notice on the incident, forbidding any knowledge of the sinking reaching an already demoralized public. This is what happenned. Sbastien Roblin holds a masters degree in conflict resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. The cargo ship (1,435 GRT, 1903) ran aground at, World War II: The fishing vessel (96 GRT) was bombed and sunk in the North Sea (. The unusual disaster continues to evoke controversy, and even questioning in Parliament, decades later. Five days into the voyage, the Royal Navy escort ships headed off, confident there was no danger. The mine exploded sinking the vessel. A total of 576 men died in this tragedy, the first Royal Navy ship sunk in the war. They were in their dressing-gowns, with no life-belt, clutching teddy bears. 2: Their Finest Hour , Geoffrey Bonds 1959 Lancastria, John Wests 1988 The Loss of Lancastria, Brian Crabbs 2002 The Forgotten Tragedy: The Story of the Loss of HMT Lancastria, Jonathan Fenbys 2005 The Sinking of the Lancastria: Britains Greatest Maritime Disaster and Churchills Cover-up, Jacques Perruchon and Jacques Leroux 2005 Juin 1940 sur les ctes charentaises: ces trangers qui ont refus notre dfaite, Hugh Sebag-Montefiores 2006 The Sinking of the Lancastria in Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man, Jonathan Fenby and James Goodes 2008 The Sinking of the Lancastria, John Hanleys 2013 The Last Boat, Chair of the HMT Lancastria Association Raye Dancocks 2011 The Lancastria a Secret Sacrifice in World War Two, Graham Frasers 2015 Lancastria: The forgotten tragedy of World War Two, and the Lancastria Archive. 1 June [ edit] 2 June [ edit] 3 June [ edit] 4 June [ edit] 5 June [ edit] 6 June [ edit] 7 June [ edit] 8 June [ edit] Charles C. Kolb, PhD, is a USNI Golden Life Member. What had happened was that Id lain there, grieving away, and my blood had stopped flowing. World War II:The auxiliary minesweeper (628 GRT) was scuttled at Le Havre, France. Also he was going to join the Navy in UK, would like to get the facts from the Navy about him signing into the Navy, also his father, my Great Grandfather, signed the India Shipping documents in Belfast, Ireland in 1921, claims, can I make claim for Great Great Grandfathers son, William George Ellason Myers he was born 1899, he lost his things and what else damages stress, we were also Banker, looking for documents to support the opening of the Bank of England, Ireland and Scotland and all Y.M.C.A., in America we were Bank Starter for all Great West Permanent Loans and Savings company of Canada, and I believe London Life and all Permanent Buildings, we were amazing, last known residence in his WILL, residing in the Union Theology College of British Columbia/United Church of Canada, Esquire, Banker and Methodist Minister, named after 4 priests. Find out how you can use this. She simply said: Theres your ship. Then, one day, he developed an infection and had to be sent to an isolation ward to recover. They werent the only parents desperate to send their children abroad. Only a few dozen would survive one of the most controversial naval battles of World War IIperhaps the only time battleships single handedly took out an aircraft carrier. All four crewmen died. Another day nearer America! he remembers thinking. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans and re-entered service as. There were only 11 survivors. What had happened was that Id lain there, grieving away, and my blood had stopped flowing. 11, two out of 11 children remained. Later, he received an oak-leaf emblem, which came with instructions to wear it on the ribbon of the War Medal an award he was too young to earn. However, an exact number of Lancastrias casualties may never be known. The CWGC has the names of 513 Merchant Seamen aged 14 to 16 who died between 1939-1945. Copyright 2011-2022 Naval Historical Foundation. Then the boat up-ended, tossing out the rest. 39 days; Cargo removed, Crew 3; Japanese POW: 164; Died POW:12 including 4 lost on Nevertheless, within hours of disembarking troops at Liverpool on June 14th, Lancastria was reassigned, along with the 20,341 gross tons liner Franconia, to Operation Aerial, the evacuation of British civilians, embassy staff, and support troops from France. Only one crew member from the Ardent, two from the Acasta, and thirty-six from the Glorious survived to be picked up by Norwegian and German forces. He and the other children were watched over that night as they slept but despite all efforts, three more died. Those who survived the incident were instructed not to speak about their experience. Sold for scrap in August 1954 at Blyth. As it hovered over the waves, it suddenly lurched, then one end jerked downwards and was smashed by a wall of water. World War II: The cargo ship (1,522 GRT, 1923) was torpedoed and damaged in the, World War II: The cargo ship (3,554 GRT, 1920) was damaged and abandoned at Brest, France. public. By then the crippled Glorious was listing and turning in circles while being relentlessly pounded by German guns. This elderly nurse sitting next to me whod earlier been comforting me became distressed, he says. At 11, Colin was already a veteran of wartime upheavals. World War II: The cargo ship (3,546 GRT, 1906) struck a mine and sank in the, The cargo ship (5,393 or 5,106 GRT, 1918) ran aground in the, World War II: The cargo ship (5,820 GRT, 1921) was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of. Published: 00:26 GMT, 10 March 2012 | Updated: 00:27 ss alexis ship 1940 sinking 10. Body temperatures began to fall and turning in circles while being relentlessly by. A mine and sank in Danish waters off fired from the Andrea Doria was a flagship the! 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