Hello, I am researching my grandfather's service during WW2 He was a rating in the Royal Navy. I have received his service history from the Royal Navy records office which lists his ship / shore postings. Can anyone please advise how I can find out what each ship was doing when he was in on it? He was part of the flotilla involved in the Allied landings at Salerno, and I am particularly interested in that. Hopefully I've posted this in the correct part of the forum! Many thanks CD
Hi CD You might find something on this website Family History - Royal Navy and Naval History.Net ans also oddly enough on this one The U-boat Wars 1939-1945 (Kriegsmarine) and 1914-1918 (Kaiserliche Marine) and Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net Have you also tried The National Archives for example a search for Royal Oak documents - Search results: hms royal oak | The National Archives Or of you wish you could post the names of the ships and the dates and members may be able to fill in details, found out recently one member wrote a very interesting book on the ship his father served on TD
Hi CD, Which ship was he on at Salerno. I’ve got some RN related information on the landings somewhere! Regards Tom
Apologies, I've had a look but nothing found. If I were a betting man, I'd look here when the National Archives open again: ADM 199/949 - Operation 'Avalanche' Reports. Regards Tom
Hi, In September 1943 502nd Assault Flotilla was embarked in HMS Prinses J. Charlotte. The Flotilla had 7 LCA and 1 Landing Craft Support(Medium), LCA 290, 349, 382, 417, 431, 442, 526 and LCS(M)(3) 39. Regards Danny
Good photos of HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte here: HMS PRINCESS JOSEPHINE CHARLOTTE, BRITISH LANDING SHIP (SMALL). 14 APRIL 1942, GREENOCK. Tim
Allied Warships of WWII - Landing Ship Infantry HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte - uboat.net https://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/ts-prinses-josephine-charlotte-i-past-and-present/ BHC 000112 HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte HMS Princess Josephine Charlotte a converted Belgian cross-Channel ferry used by the commandos as a landing ship. It was also an accommodation vessel for the troops whilst in Falmouth harbour. https://www.47commando.org.uk/Documents/Charles Armstrong.pdf My name is Charles Armstrong I was combined operations signals officer aboard H.M.S. “Princess Josephine Charlotte”, which is classed as a landing ship infantry assault, working mainly with Commandos. The landing craft are carried on davits, port and starboard sides, we carried eight such craft, the S.S. “Victoria” was to go in with us on D-Day, she carried six L.C.A.’s, this made up a flotilla of fourteen landing craft, I was boat officer in No. 4 boat. TD In the .pdf document above I must admit I liked the sentence "The oldest among them was a character “Seaweed Sam”, a strange but fascinating person who fitted his nickname"