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    Could anyone make sense of the following . It is a list of postings in the royal navy . I have figured most of them are landbased training establishments , but there are one or two a bit of a puzzle .

    Royal Arthur ass.cook 29th May 1941-2nd July 1941
    Victory ass cook 3rd July 1941 -8th July 1941
    Kestrel ass cook 9th July 1941-20th Aug 1941
    Victory ass cook 27th Aug 1941-18th Feb 1942
    Quebec ass cook 19th Feb 1942-28th Feb 1942
    Quebec cook (s) 1st March 1942-7th Aug 1942
    Spartiate ( Rotherham) cook (s) 8th Aug 1942 -16th Aug 1942
    VICTORY III (Rotherham) cook (s) 17th Aug 1942-30th Sept 1942
    Tana (Rotherham) cook (s) 10th Oct 1942-7th Jan 1943
    Tana (Rotherham) log ? cook(s) 8th Jan -31st Jan 1944
    Highflyer (Rotherham ) Log cook (s)1st Feb 1944-26th Dec. 1944
    Lanka log cook (s)27th Dec 1944 -31st Dec 1944
    Mayina log cook (s) 1st JAN 1945-15TH jAN 1945
    Victory Log Cook (s) 16th Jan 1942-2nd May 1945
    Iron Duke log cook (s) 3rd May 1945 -6th Aug 1945
    Proserpine log cook (s) 7th Aug 1945 -31st Oct 1945
    Panemal ? log cook (s) 1st Nov 1945 -11th Jan 1946

    released CLass B

    Last one is indecipherable !

    Was Rotherham actually a ship ? Some dates are just for a few days . The story in the family is he was in the Arctic convoy, but I wonder if they have got it mixed up with the convoy route for the Rotherham , in the South Atlantic. One of the land based ``SHIPS`` was in Scapa Flow .

    ABBR ...............lodg ck s ty

    Decoration ..........S.C.CY 12.6I

    Would be grateful for any clarity
    EP.

  • #2
    Is the decoration for SC Convoys?


    SC Convoys are listed here
    Last edited by keldon; 07-12-14, 13:13.
    Phil
    historyhouse.co.uk
    Essex - family and local history.

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    • #3
      Escorts are here ( I haven't gone through the list)
      Phil
      historyhouse.co.uk
      Essex - family and local history.

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      • #4
        Keldon,
        I have gone through the lists ,but I can `t see a Rotherham.
        Thanks
        EP

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        • #5


          R Class destroyer

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          • #6
            Some of these ships were training bases and others were shore bases which, amongst other things, were main accounting bases for men posted in their general area or to small ships/boats which had no facilities for any crew involved with accountancy responsibilities. It does not necessarily mean a person actually served on that named ship.
            HMS Royal Arthur was located at the former Butlins at Skegness and a basic entry ship for recruits. HMS Kestrel was a naval air station near Winchester and HMS Quebec was a combined operations base at Invarary. HMS Spartiate was the headquarters of Western Approaches Command based at St Enochs Hotel, Glasgow. Those others shown with Rotherham bracketed are interesting and may indicate that your man did serve on that ship but came under other establishments for accounting purposes. HMS Rotherham was a destroyer newly completed in August 1942 and then sent to Scapa for working up before joining the 8th destroyer Flotilla but in the event the ship was nominated for service in the Indian Ocean.
            HMS Tana was the shore base at Kilindini, Mombasa, Kenya and during some of the dates shown, HMS Rotherham was based at Durban, operating in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans before operating from Tricomalee, Ceylon now Sri Lanka. HMS Highflyer was the shore base at Trincomalee. HMS Lanka was the base at Colombo and HMS Mayina was a large transit camp outside Colombo. Being shown on Victory from January to May 1945 may cover your man's return to the UK and HMS Proserpine and HMS Iron Duke were old ships used as depot ships at Scapa, with Proserpine being the main accounting base for men on duty on the islands of Hoy, Flotta and South Ronaldsay.
            With the Rotherham bracketing, it seems likely your man served on that ship until late 1944.

            Food for thought, perhaps.

            merleyone

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            • #7
              Ww2 postings

              I have found the Rotherham .After trials in Scapa Flow ,she was sent to the South Atlantic, to act as an escort to the convoy ,in the Royal Navy, between Capetown and Durban ,I wonder if the story got a bit muddled there,mentioning Scapa Flow .

              EP

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              • #8
                Merleyone,
                Many thanks for this great info.Beginning to understand what was going on . Thinking they were real ships ,they would hardly have got out of the harbour on some dates !
                Much obliged to you

                EP

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                • #9
                  Julip,
                  Your references as Log ck (s) should be read as Ldg Ck (s) i.e. Leading Cook (s). There are two grades of cook (s) - meaning ships cook and cook (o) meaning officers cook.
                  Whoever said Seek and Ye shall find was not a genealogist.

                  David

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                  • #10
                    Dermotdgt, Just noticed that at the time he was back in UK HMS Rotherham was decommisssioned (wiki),another pointer to his actually being on it .
                    Merleyone .I have just spoken to a family member and she remembers hearing about South Africa. Pretty sure now he was on it.
                    David ,Thanks for explanation on the cook etc. So he was a ships cook. When he was demobbed he bought a bakers shop and restaurant ,and was a very successful cook all his life!

                    Thanks to everyone for all the advice, clears up a lot of questions .
                    Evelyn

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