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    Hi Ken
    I found this on the very interesting site, on Google.
    R.N.R TRAWLER SERVICE - Great War Forum

    Skipper Bennett ably assisted Chief Skipper Berry of H.M.A. Trawler James Pond in his efforts to save the vessel after she had been heaviy ...
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    is this your Grandad???
    the Admiralty Trawler James Pond was...................

    JAMES POND, Admiralty trawler, lost February 15, 1918, British Isles

    Raid by Destroyers on vessels of Folkestone-Grisnez Patrol 14-15.02.18 DSC
    Displayed the utmost courage and devotion to duty on this occasion.
    Skipper Bennett ably assisted Chief Skipper Berry of H.M.A. Trawler James Pond in his efforts to save the vessel after she had been heaviy shelled and set on fire. Attempts were made to put out the fire, and to get the ammunition from below, but both efforts failed, and finally the ship was abandoned, the boat being successfully launched in spite of the fact that the falls had been destroyed by the shelling. The crew got away in her and succeeded in in effecting a landing on the French Coast where they received every attention form the French authorities.

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    Hi to All the Guys on the Forum who have helped me in the past.Especially with My maternal Grandad Lunty.Thomas Edward Lunt WW1
    Torpedeod on the S.S.Sagamore.Have just found out where he is buried,Anfield Cemetry and not more than 1/2 a mile away from my Paternal Grandad. Master Alfred Edward Berry on rhe Alex.Towing Co.Tug "Waterloo" 1911 census. She went to Swansea as it was staring to become and important Port.Think Alexander Towing wanted some of the action there. So 1912 the "Waterloo" sailed to Swansea and was renamed the "Mumbles" after the rocks around the coast of Swansea. Have found some beaut photos of the "Waterloo" and the "Mumbles". One of the photos of the "Mumbles" she is lying in a Ship Breakers Yard propped up and looks like she is almost ready to fire up and resume her normal job. Believe it or not taken in 1956. I am trying to find out if A.E.B. delivered her to Swansea and stayed on her for a while.Then I remembered before WW2 he used to tell me how he enjoyed the Trawlers and on good weather days in the Irish Sea or the Channel and see the Sunsets and Sun Rises off the Irish and English Coast. For some reason one of the burnt out memory cells started to work and I remembered he had said something about Mine Sweepers. So I started to see what I could find. I got some great help from some of your cousins on another site as well. He was Skipper Alfred Edward Berry R.N.R. in the Dardenelles on a hired Trawler "Frascati" and was awarded a D.S.C for helping the evacuation of the Troops. Then found he was on 2 more hired Trawlers "Electra" and "Sestrosis" about 1916-17 he was promoted to Chief Skipper and boarded The Admiralty Trawler "James Pond". She was escorting 5 drifters trying to net a U-boat that was in the area. Several German Destroyers came out of Zeebruge and Sank the 5 drifters and the "James Pond" he was awarded a D.S.C again for Courage in saving most of his crew and recommended as a very Potential Officer Material. Hoping to find out more from N/A at Kew. He and I were the best of mates and recall from about 4-5 years old he used to give me a kiss. Before going to the "Bramley Moore" Tug. I used to laugh because his Walrus moustache used to tickle me. As I got older, always saw him off to his beloved Tug right up to the end of WW2 when he retired at 76.Still had another 10 years to go. He was happy I went deep sea even as an Engineer same as "Lunty".I have searched for the trawlers but no luck and also the S.S.British Transport" which rammed and sank the U-49 which had torpedoed the Sagamore. If any one can help would be most appreciated. The Thumbnail Pictures are great a lot of work,but am enjoying looking at them all again and again.Best Regards to One and All Ken B

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    Captain Kong, Don't know what to say "'A Big Thank You" is very much warranted. I just sent my email and had a look at it and then started to scroll up and have another look at pprevious emails and here's your email with everything, about "Pa" as I called him. Its amazing as he never ever mentioned any other thing except for the Sunrises and Sunsets. Mum and Dad were the same they never said a thing about his experiences. Pa had that South African newspaper cuttung about "Lunty" and how he had managed to keep the other 6 survivors going. And I was to always remember him as a good guy but because of losing his legs just below the knees it changed him.
    Thanks again Captain Kong "they say big boys don't cry" there a bit of Mersey Mist around here at the moment God Bless and Best Regards Ken B

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    Thanks for that Ken,
    You must be proud to have a Seafaring Hero in the family. A double DSC as well. brave lad. some of us only managed a double DR.
    I was in Wellington two years ago and got stuck in the Thistle.
    Cheers
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    Hi Ken I found an old photo of SAGAMORE. IS THIS THE ONE??

    Also a picture of a WW1 Trawler full of troops. is this the Flascati ??
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    Hi captain Kong You've done it again yes that my G/dad's "Sagamore" a Whaleback hull. She was all cargo but had 62 cabins 2nd class built on her in 1912. As you can see in the photo.At the same period I'm pretty sure there were 2 other ships named Sagamore one was a Turret hull and the other sailed on the Great Lakes. Plus a huge barge named the Sagamore.It was on an American web site and it was loaded with wheat according to what I read and was towed across the Atlantic WW1.Only to be sunk just before it got to the Bristol Channel, can't swear to that one though.The hired Trawler could well be the "Frascati" as she rescued Troops from the Beaches when they decided to pull our Troops out. Well it be OK for me to take copies of your photos and acknowledge some one. Thank You Once Again Best Regards Ken B


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    Hi Ken, I found the Sagamore on the "Old Ship Picture Galleries" site. the trawler one was on google. I found a site about the WW1 Trawlers but then lost it. it is in there somewhere.
    The "Frascati" shows a lot of men on deck and some climbing down into the boat and it appears they are transferring to the Warship whose decks appear to be full of rescued troops. I put it on PICCASA and tried to improve it and did it in Sepia as photos were in those days.
    Here is a photo of another Sagamore from that era. from the `Old Ship Picture Galleries` site. Lokks like the one from the Great Lakes.
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    This is the famous Dos Hermanos Bar in Havana Cuba, A little quiet now since the days of the 1950s when the ships of PSNC used to sail there from Liverpool. Brian Daley should recognise it. Many a time I went in there and woke up two weeks later in Valparaiso. Happy days. here are two videos of the Bar

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UZZwAZiFmc


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGNmI4buq5A

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    I was there a fortnight before 9/11, had a great time and would recommend it to anyone who likes music ,rum and a good time, some things never change,
    BrianD

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    The trawler DANE H227 in the livery of the Imperial Steam Fishing Co. of Hull ,for whom she was built at Beverley in 1911. Subsequently she changed hands no fewer thanseven times, in addition to being requisitioned as a minesweeper in both World Wars , before eventually being broke up in Granton in 1954.
    The picture was painted by Joseph Arnold of Hull who was a trawler man before becoming a marine artist,
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    Off to Fleetwood this weekend, I will get some interesting Photos and stories of Fleetwood Trawlers and tradgedies.
    Back Tuesday

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    I received this in todays post,it is a tin type advert that my sister found in Stuttgart. I have scanned it but it does'nt give you a proper image of the real thing. The ship is embossed as are the ribbons and tug so that the picture is given greater depth. It looks like the Mauretania but there is no name,but I think it looks great anyway.
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    Three shipping posters from a long gone age, two of them are for companies that were in competition for dominance of the trans-Atlantic traffic,Cunard and North German Lloyd,World War One would put paid to that competition. The third poster was for another company that played a part in the trans-Atlantic trade but figured greatly in the Pacific traffic,Canadian Pacific. Pre World War Two most of the CP fleet was manned by Canadians but the company re-flagged the fleet under the Red Duster to the detriment of the Canadian personnel.
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    Nice one guys.

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    The Fleetwood steam Trawler `GOTH` FD52, ws on a fishing trip in December 1948 to Greenland and Iceland she was due home before Christmas but went missing.
    She was in severe icing and weather and tried to run for shelter from near Greenland to the North West of Iceland but vanished. Nothing more was heard of her and nothing found. 28 men died. Fleetwood was devestated such a large death toll and just before Christmas. Many years later an Icelandic trawler got her nets caught in an obstruction and when she heaved away a funnel appeared. They were going to dump it but the Skipper thought it better to return it to Reyjavik. It turned out to be the funnel of the `GOTH`. The Icelandics returned the Funnel to Fleetwood and at last the relatives of the Dead Fishermen knew where she went down and had at least a memorial.
    A couple of years ago this was place outside the Asda Supermarket on the corner of Dock Street and Station Road by the big traffic island. It is not a good place to be as it is almost hidden by bushes and very few pedestrians walk past there and traffic cannot stop there. It would have been much better on the promenade overlooking the sea.
    If you click on a photo then click again to enlarge it you can read the story from the memorial.
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