29-05-2007, 11:31 PM
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I am recording details of a Nursing Sister who died on 12 February 1944. She is commemorated on the family grave in Co. Cork. ROI.as "Died 12th Feb 1944 aged 31 - Lost at sea". I have searched Google for any ships lost on 12th Feb 1944 with no luck can anybody offer any suggestions please Tony
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29-05-2007, 11:33 PM
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The ship may not have been sunk, but damaged. If the journey was mid ocean, then she may have been buried at sea. What was her name?
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29-05-2007, 11:44 PM
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If she was in a convoy and died at sea, then these were the convoys which were at sea during that time: CU.14 Saturday, February 12th 1944 from New York - Liverpool (Thursday, February 24th 1944) GUS.28 Saturday, January 15th 1944 from Pt Said - Hampton (Tuesday, February 15th 1944) GUS.29 Tuesday, January 25th 1944 from Pt Said - Hampton (Tuesday, February 22nd 1944) GUS.30 Friday, February 4th 1944 from Pt Said - Hampton (Wednesday, March 8th 1944) GUS.31 Monday, February 14th 1944 from Pt Said - Hampton (Saturday, March 18th 1944) HX.278 Saturday, February 5th 1944 from New York - Liverpool (Sunday, February 20th 1944) go to HX.278 page HX.279 Sunday, February 13th 1944 from New York - Liverpool (Tuesday, February 29th 1944) go to HX.279 page MKF.28A Thursday, February 3rd 1944 from Port Said - Liverpool (Sunday, February 20th 1944) ON.222 Sunday, January 30th 1944 from Liverpool - New York (Wednesday, February 16th 1944) ON.223 Monday, February 7th 1944 from Liverpool - New York (Thursday, February 24th 1944) ON.224 Monday, February 14th 1944 from Liverpool - New York (Thursday, March 2nd 1944) go to ON.224 page ONS.28 Friday, January 28th 1944 from Liverpool - Halifax (Tuesday, February 15th 1944) ONS.29 Saturday, February 12th 1944 from Liverpool - Halifax (Tuesday, February 29th 1944) OS.66 Monday, January 24th 1944 from Liverpool - Freetown (Tuesday, February 15th 1944) OS.67 Sunday, February 6th 1944 from Liverpool - Freetown (Saturday, February 26th 1944) OS.68 Saturday, February 12th 1944 from Liverpool - Freetown (Sunday, March 5th 1944) SC.152 Saturday, January 29th 1944 from Halifax - Liverpool (Tuesday, February 15th 1944) go to SC.152 page SC.153 Sunday, February 13th 1944 from Halifax - Liverpool (Thursday, March 2nd 1944) go to SC.153 page SL.148 Tuesday, February 1st 1944 from Freetown - Liverpool (Thursday, February 24th 1944) go to SL.148 page SL.149 Friday, February 11th 1944 from Freetown - Liverpool (Tuesday, March 7th 1944) go to SL.149 page UGS.31 Tuesday, January 25th 1944 from Hampton - Port Said (Monday, February 21st 1944) UGS.32 Thursday, February 3rd 1944 from Hampton - Port Said (Wednesday, March 1st 1944) UGS.33 Sunday, February 13th 1944 from Hampton - Port Said (Sunday, March 12th 1944) From: ConvoyWeb
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30-05-2007, 03:09 AM
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I think you may have an answer here as the only ship that was sunk on that day was the "Khedive Ismail" on which there were FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) 53 nurses and one matron. I have tracked it to this site. The Khedive Ismail was a 7513-ton vessel built in 1922 by Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Company. She was equiped with 1469 nominal horsepower turbine engines and could achieve a maximum speed of 17 knots. Her dimensions were 422.8 x 56.2 x 30.4 feet. The liner was requistitioned from the British India Steam Navigation Company by the Ministry of War Transport, for use as a troop-ship. The vessel was carrying 1,511 people including 178 ships crew, 996 officers and men of the 301st Field Regiment, East African Artillery, 271 Royal Navy personnel and a detachment of 19 British Wrens. Also on board were 53 nursing sisters with one matron and 9 WTS ladies. While en route from Mombasa (Kenya) to Colombo (Sri Lanka), the ship was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean at 14.33 hours, by a Japanese submarine. It took less than two minutes for the ship to sink taking 1,297 of her passengers and crew with her. The submarine I-27 (Captain Toshiaki Fukumura), was sunk by escorting vessels. See the names here: Women's Transport Service There is also a book on the sinking with a colour image of the ship: Books by Brian Crabb Tony: Please let us know if she is on this list. Hope the search has ended. If not I suggest you contact the site owner : My email address is stephenREMOVE-TEXT@stephen-stratford.co.uk
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30-05-2007, 09:34 AM
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Kyt Her name was Sister FItzgerald (Catherine Mary on CWGC) - (Cathleen on family memorial) spidge Thanks. 'Khedive Ismail' looks promising, pity they don't name the nurses and the WRENS, will have to get the book. Tony
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The convoy was KR8 which left Mombasa for Colombo (Ceylon-Sri Lanka) on 5th of February. Unable to track it through your link. You may know another area to search. This was kept quiet for a time as it was Britain's third worst Allied shipping disaster of the Second World War.
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30-05-2007, 01:37 PM
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12 February 1944 Off the Maldive Islands, the troopship Khedive Ismail 7,515t East Africa to Colombo was sunk by the Japanese submarine I-27 which was then sunk by the escorting destroyers Paladin and Petard
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28-06-2007, 08:31 AM
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You have finally put to rest something which has troubled me since 1944. I was one of a group of Wrens sent to Colombo, sailing four days after D-Day, to work on decoding Japanese codes. Upon arrival in Colombo, I met a Wren who was on that ship when it was torpedoed and sank in a couple of minutes. She said her life was saved by a seaman, who pushed her out of a porthole, and that she was one of only two Wrens who survived. She never learned what happened to that seaman but assumed he was lost. Because of the secrecy of war, I was never able to verify this event at the time. This has haunted me ever since, since it was obvious we were replacements for the girls who were lost. Thank you for posting all the information.
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