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World War 1 at Sea -
In Memory of HARRY RUSSELL, later OBE, Executive Chef
of the Cunard Line and his service on HMS Caronia, 1914-16 (Part
2 of 3)
with thanks to his Great Granddaughter Eleanor
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44/45/46 - Pilot boat Sandy Hook, built 1902, 361grt, in
collision and sunk off New Jersey on 27 April 1939 |
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47/48 |
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49 - Believed to be 4.7in gun with shield
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54/55 - HMS Glory, battleship, escorted Canadian troop convoy in October 1914,
joined North American and West Indies Station as flagship, transferred to
Mediterranean June 1915 (Conway's All the World's Warships 1906-1921) |
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56/57/58 |
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59/60 |
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61 - Believed to be with US schooner Edward B Winslow off
American coast on 14 April 1915. No casualties and minimal damage
(www.chriscunard.com)
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63/64/65 - and no safety equipment! |
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66 - Presumably now a storeroom/67 - Mascot No 2 |
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70 - HMS Glory (see 54/55)
71 - HMS Essex, armoured cruiser, served in North America and West
Indies (NA&WI) Station
72 - HMCS Niobe, 1st class cruiser, also NA&WI. Paid off at Halifax October
1915, disarmed as depot ship (Conway's All the World's Warships
1906-1921)
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73 - HMS Glory
74 - RMS Lusitania, another Cunard liner, sailed from New York 1 May 1915,
torpedoed and sunk off S Ireland on 7 May with the loss of some 1,198 passengers
and crew |
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75 - HMS Caronia
76 - Semaphore apparatus
77- Possible supply boat alongside; possibly HMS Essex in background |
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78 - RMS Adriatic, White Star liner on Liverpool-New York route
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80 - Dutch SS Noordam, Holland America Line, stopped by HMS Caronia on 8
September 1914 according to her log book.
Ship appears to have been released I
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82 - HMS Carnarvon, armoured cruiser, North America & West Indies
Station 1915-18 |
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84 - Signalman probably taking down signal from Yeoman of Signals
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