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My father remembers getting back to London for Christmas 1942 so we knew it must have been autumn 1942 or 1943 but they still couldn’t match it. Extreme angler Jeremy Wade set out to uncover the truth behind what really happened to the passengers of the RMS Laconia in the largest investigation of his entire career, which is covered in the episode Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. On 12 September 1942, at 8:10 pm, 130 miles (210 km) north-northeast of Captain Sharp ordered the ship abandoned and the women, children and injured taken into the lifeboats first. Grandad was ordered to stand guard at the stairs where surviving prisoners might try to escape after the torpedo hit. He also said British soldiers could go into American military offices and request money and they gave it to them. I’m particularly interested in any photos or newspaper reports. In the evening of 12 September 1942, the submarine U-156 spotted RMS Laconia and they immediately thought that RMS Laconia was an armed troopship and not passenger ship. It was torpedoed by a Nazi U-boat (U-156) commanded by But not all of the work was done by the Nazis.

On September 16, a B-24 spotted the U-Boats and American officer Captain Richardson ordered them sunk.Rescued British Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and Merchant Seamen – on the French warship Gloire by Edward BawdenThe Americans dropped bombs and one of them fell among the lifeboats and the U-Boats ordered the survivors into the water and dove again to safety. He was Welsh from a small village called Nantyffyllon, near Maesteg, Glamorgan. To clarify. He said it was not great, he got 1 egg a day. His mother did not survive long after the war but he says he was taken to California after the Americans liberated the prison camp they had been held in.

As far as we can tell (and the imperial war museum can’t verify) his earliest memory is picking up the Laconia survivors. I emailed the imperial wAr museum and they said they had no idea about his story I despite sending squadron details and photos.

The American planes came over and bombed the subs. On the 12th September the German U boat U-156 torpedoed a passenger ship off the coast of Africa. They were on their way from Cape Town, South Africa to Free Town, Sierra Leone. Am specifically looking for a stoker whose name was Robert Dwyer.Hello I’m looking for any info on third officer buckingham fr laconia he was taken p o w on board u boat 507 if any one has any info please contact … also with some stories from 1945 (75 years ago) until September … Die Versenkung der Laconia war ei… The second RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911–1917 Laconia.The new ship was launched on 9 April 1921, and made her maiden voyage on 25 May 1922 from Southampton to New York City.At the outbreak of the Second World War she was converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser, and subsequently a troopship. Le RMS Laconia a été construit en 1921 comme paquebot transatlantique. He was there for some time (not sure how long-maybe days or a week?). He told me he and 2 other guys eventually escaped but within a few days they came across enemy soldiers. There are one squadron details on line but not then. This is a listing of people associated with this ship. By chance I told a colleague who is ww2 interest. You might see you relatives.Gordon. El buque británico RMS Laconia fue un transatlántico mixto de la Cunard White Star Line requisado por la Real Marina Británica en los inicios de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y que protagonizó el llamado incidente del Laconia al ser torpedeado y hundido en el contexto de la batalla del Atlántico, el 12 de septiembre de 1942 por un submarino alemán, el U-156. Then the Laconia story hit the press. Several months later he emailed me and said it was the Laconia.

My father them recounted this story. The vessel immediately took a list to starboard and settled heavily by the stern. The survivors were told the Vichy French would come and pick them up. Septem… The Laconia was a British passenger ship. He said it was a huge party. There were also 1,800 Italian prisoners of war who were being guarded by 160 Polish soldiers and 80 civilians aboard as well as crew. The Laconia, was sunk on 12 September 1942. His name is on the Alamein Memorial. The German U-boat, under the command of Captain Werner Hartenstein, fired two torpedoes into RMS Laconia , one at 8.07pm, the other 30 seconds later. The British apparently didn’t know if this was a trap or real so did not respond. Februar 1917 wurde die Laconia vor der irischen Küste vom deutschen U-Boot U 50 versenkt. My grandmother never mentioned it as it was so awful. They then went to South Africa. He remembered getting back to London for Christmas.

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