by magoonigal » Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:06 am
An unfortunate but all to common accident in the Shipyards. Your Grandmother must have had a hard time bringing up your father on her own. We all moan about Health & Safety but I don't think any of us would like to go back to the old days.
Now the BRITISH ADVOCATE had a much more exciting life than some of her contemporary's.
ON146629.
Launched August 1922 by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. Sunderland for The British Tanker Co.
6,993 Gross. 6,549 Under Deck.
Engines Aft and fitted with Electric Light and Wireless.
Two Steam Turbines DR Geared to a Single Shaft by George Clark Ltd. Sunderland.
642 NHP.
About 19th February 1941.
BRITISH ADVOCATE (Tanker) British. 6,994 Gross.
Voyage Abadan February 6th 1941 for Table Bay and UK.
9,000 Tons of Benzine and Fuel Oil.
Position. Indian Ocean.
Crew 44 All P.O.W.
Captured by raider SCHEER. On October 23rd 1941 Hamburg Prize Court ordered the confiscation of vessel and cargo. Sunk by aircraft at Donges July 23-24 1944.
Raised on August 17th 1947 and placed in 3-4 meters of water at edge Moutons Bank.
Renamed NORDSTERN by Germans.
Assume the SCHEER was the Pocket Battleship ADMIRAL SCHEER. Position given in another publication is West of the Seychelles and that she was taken to Bordeaux with a prize crew under the name ADOLF.
Also she was sunk at Nantes on the 25th September 1943 but later raised and repaired.
Paul Hood. + WSS Tyneside Branch Hon Sec.