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257952 AB. Clifford Fallows Royal Navy HMS Lanka from:Mossley, Lancashire I have my father, Clifford Fallows', Navy records from May 1941 to January 1946 listing the ship and shore establishments. He was at HMS Lanka 6th of August 1941 to 2nd of September 1941. The only story he told me that he was on the SS Fultala as a DEMS gunner they were the last ship out of Rangoon Burma in March 1941 as the Japanese were moving in. The ship had a cargo of coal and a full ship of escaping Muslim Burmese and Indian labourers. The ship was torpedoed on 7th of April 1941 by the Japanese and the coal temporary blocked the hole allowing all crew and passengers to be saved. They were adrift in the Indian Ocean for 10 days before being rescued and taken to Bombay. The story was told to make me laugh as he said the Muslims in the open boat were continually praying to Mecca and kept moving to face the sun hence they were glad when the sun set and the boat was still. 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.