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SS Empire Celia
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Robert Casey 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:
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?
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