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230556 Robert Casey Merchant Navy SS Wentworth My father did his Merchant Navy training at Gravesend. His first merchant ship was the Wentworth. This was part of Convoy ONS5, which left Liverpool on 21st April 1943. The Convoy was joined by the Escort Group B7 on 22nd April 1943. U-boats had gathered and the Convoy came under attack. The merchant ships sunk or damaged on this convoy were: McKeesport - sunk by U258 Lorient (a straggler) - sunk by U125 North Britain (a straggler) - sunk by U707 Harbury - damaged by U628 West Maximus - sunk by U264 Harperley - sunk by U264 Bristol City - sunk by U358 Dolius - sunk by U638 West Madaket (a straggler) sunk by U584 Wentworth - sunk by U358 Selvistan - sunk by U266 Sharinda - sunk by U266 Bonde - Sunk by U266 My father went on to sail the merchant ships: Bolton Hall, Pencarrow, Empire Kingsley, Empire Celia, Fort Grahame, Fort Michipicoten, Thistlemuir, Filmston and Duke of Athens. On 15th September 1944, my dad joined Russian Convoy JW60 on the Empire Celia (the Commodore's ship). JW60 was a convoy of American and British ships and one Norwegian merchant escort oiler. There were also about 22 escorts which accompanied the convoy for part of the voyage to Kola Inlet, Murmansk, which the convoy reached on 23rd September 1944. The vessels were: Adolph S Ochs Arunah S Abell Cardinal Gibbons Daniel Willard David Stone Dexter W Fellows Edward A Savoy Edward E Spafford Francis Scott Key Frederic A Kummer Frederic W Taylor George T Angell Hawkins Fudske Henry Lomb John J Abel John Woolman John Vining Joshua Thomas Julius Olsen Lewis Emery Jr Nathaniel Alexander Joshua W Alexander Raymond B Stevens Richard M Johnson Thomas U Walter All the above were American ships. The British ships were: Empire Celia British Patience Neritina Samaritan Lucerna (escort oiler) Zamalek (rescue ship) >Noreg (Norwegian escort oiler). On 22nd November 1944 Cnvoy RA61 left the Kola Inlet. The Convoy ships were: Adolph S Ochs Arunah S Abell Cardinal Gibbons Daniel Willard David Stone Dexter W Fellows Edward A Savoy (Commodore's Ship) Edward E Spafford F T Frelinghuysen Francis Scott Key Frederic A Kummer Frederic W Taylor George T Taylor George T Angell Hawkins Fudske Henry Lomb John J Abel (Rear Commodore's ship) John Woolman John Vining Joshua Thomas Julius Olsen Lewis Emery Jr Nathaniel Alexander Raymond B Stevens Richard M Johnson Thomas U Walter British ships were: Empire Celia (Vice-Commodore's ship, and my dad's ship) British Patience Lucerna Neritina Samaritan Laurelwood (escort oiler) Syrian Prince (rescue ship) Noreg. The escorting Frigate HMS Mounsey was torpedoed by U295 and damaged. It returned to Kola Inlet. The rest of the Convoy arrived at Loch Ewe on 9th November 1944. Does anyone remember my dad or any of the ships listed above? Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.