Quote Originally Posted by chazsam View Post
HI I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANY ONE WHO HAS PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS OR ANY INFO ABOUT THE
MERCHANT NAVAL VESSEL SS MOPAN THAT WAS SUNK
IN NOVEMBER 1940 AND ALL CREW TAKEN PRISONER.
A FEW DETAILS I HAVE ARE THE PRISON SHIP WAS CALLED ALTMARK AND THE PRISONERS WERE TAKEN TO ST NAZAIRE IN FRANCE WERE THEY WERE PUT ON CATTLE
TRUCKS TO BE TAKEN TO CAMPS IN GERMANY.I ALSO KNOW THAT A FEW MEN ESCAPED FROM THE TRUCKS BUT THATS ALL I HAVE ANY OTHER INFO WOULD BE
GREATLY APPRIECIATED.
The Mopans crew were Transported by 2 German supply ships after leaving the Scheer. On route to Germany at least one of the Mopans crew ecaped through the floor of the cattle truck transporting them and got back to england via Spain with the help of the resistance.
On his return to Liverpool he came to our house to let my mother know my father was ok and alive. This was the first the family new of his survival since recieving the telegram 6 months before which read" Your husbands ship is overdue, presumed lost . My father was the Chef of the Mopan