Fateful: The S.S City of Benares, passenger ship is launched in 1936 and would later be sunk while carrying 90 children aged five to 15. The Royal Navy apparently remained unaware of the battle and made no rescue effort, only learning what happened after Germany announced the victory. 'How much can business take?' He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring. Kenneth and Raymond Lewis are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London on Panel 49. The comments below have not been moderated. We have details of 11 people who were on board. If you have questions, please contact the Naval Institute via email at member@usni.org or by phone at 800-233-8764. The term RMS dates to 1840 when only the fastest and most reliable ships were contracted by the British government to carry mail. The sinking of HMT Lancastria on June 17, 1940, is an intriguing chapter of naval history in World War II primarily because of the tragic loss of life and how much information pertaining to the event wasand still isclassified. Chapter 5 focuses on the actual sinking of the Lancastria while Chapter 11 focuses on its aftermath. Although he could no longer feel his hands, he helped a crew member heave her body out to sea. It was carrying 406 passengers and crew, of whom 100 were children. This is the story of Beryl Myatt, a child evacuee during the Second World War. In return, battleships almost never succeeded in closing into gun-range of carriers. Whatever the case, this event likely remains the largest single-ship loss of life in British maritime history, more than the RMS Titanic, which had an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard and suffered over 1,500 fatalities. The reason? you see substantial portions of this page on the Internet or in published material My own commemoration including photo's of the two Brothers sent to me by their relatives can be found on this link to my own website.http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/TOWER.htmAbout links. At 4 p.m. on June 8, 1940, the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was cruising west across the Norwegian Sea towards the British naval base of Scapa Flow . It was used until 1993, when the name was changed to DSMA-Notice (Defence and Security Media Advisory Notice). Wynn states that there were 2,488 survivors and a minimum of 2,385 perished. Hammac was a steam tank ship built in 1920-1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Alameda for the United States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine. A4103056. Only extraordinary circumstancesparticularly the lack of Combat Air Patrolmade the ambush of the Glorious possible by two large capital ships on a clear day. Two of the youngest serving Merchant Seamen killed in WWII. Afterwards, he says: We were all becoming very sleepy, delirious. Sold for scrap in August 1954 at Blyth. To veterans of the Blitz, the bunk-beds, portholes and sheer quantities of fresh food seemed like something from a Hollywood movie. The RAF Hurricanes of No.46 squadron were relatively fast and lacked arrestor hooksbut by tying on sandbags, the pilots managed to weigh their tails down and pull off short carrier landings. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The ship, carrying more than 400 passengers and crew, included a precious cargo of 90 evacuees under a scheme. The two boys are believed to of forged a letter from their Father stating he had given permission for them to join the ship. Enclosed was a certificate, signed by Churchill, that commended him for brave conduct in the Merchant Navy. His parents found out Colin was alive only when they spotted a photo of him in a newspaper. Chris Pleasance explains how Do not sell or share my personal information. His recovery took months, and ended any thoughts hed had of a full-time career in the Navy. World War II: The cargo ship (1,746 GRT, 1921) struck a mine and sank in Danish waters off. World War II: The tanker (2,454 GRT, 1888) was sunk as a block ship at Dieppe, France. Row 1. The SS Andrea Doria was a flagship of the Italian Line. The Sinking of the Lancastria Stan Scislowski On Monday, June 17, 1940, the Cunard Liner, Lancastria, pressed into war service as a troopship was anchored . A camera crew onboard the Scharnhorst filmed the engagement, and the Gloriouss sinking, which you can see here. At 11, Colin was already a veteran of wartime upheavals. In another boat, a young mother had reached the limits of her endurance, but she never knew her babies were already dead, because she soon joined the growing list of victims. However, in May 24, the Allies began evacuating forces in Norway due to Germanys successful offensives into the Low Countries and France. Within half an hour, four of the crew members on his boat had slipped into unconsciousness and died. The survivors were now completely alone in the dark. World War II: The auxiliary patrol vessel (302 GRT, 1906) was scuttled at Brest, France. On Lifeboat 10, just one child had survived and 14 had died. World War II: The Adua-class submarine (686/843 t, 1934) was depth charged and sunk west of Crete (3529N 2006E / 35.483N 20.100E / 35.483; 20.100) by HMSDainty and HMSIlex (both Royal Navy). This story has been placed in the following categories. World War II: The fishing vessel (57 GRT) struck a mine and sank at Taranto, Italy. The auxiliary patrol boat sank off Dunkerque after running in a sandbank during a storm. World War II: The cargo ship (1,002 GRT, 1904) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The cargo ship (1,766 or 1,894 GRT, 1918) was scuttled at Rochefort, France. 2: Their Finest Hour , Geoffrey Bonds 1959 Lancastria, John Wests 1988 The Loss of Lancastria, Brian Crabbs 2002 The Forgotten Tragedy: The Story of the Loss of HMT Lancastria, Jonathan Fenbys 2005 The Sinking of the Lancastria: Britains Greatest Maritime Disaster and Churchills Cover-up, Jacques Perruchon and Jacques Leroux 2005 Juin 1940 sur les ctes charentaises: ces trangers qui ont refus notre dfaite, Hugh Sebag-Montefiores 2006 The Sinking of the Lancastria in Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man, Jonathan Fenby and James Goodes 2008 The Sinking of the Lancastria, John Hanleys 2013 The Last Boat, Chair of the HMT Lancastria Association Raye Dancocks 2011 The Lancastria a Secret Sacrifice in World War Two, Graham Frasers 2015 Lancastria: The forgotten tragedy of World War Two, and the Lancastria Archive. "Verluste Deutscher Handelsschiffe 1939-1945 und unter deutscher Flagge fahrender auslndischer Schiffe: 1940", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1940&oldid=1142243449, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, World War II: The cargo ship (4,220 GRT) was bombed and damaged in the North Sea 13 nautical miles (24km) off, World War II: The coaster (281 GRT, 1896) was bombed and sunk in the, World War II: The trawler (195 GRT) was bombed and sunk in the North Sea (. Ships Sunk or Damaged 1939 to 1941 Ships Captured or Detained 1939 (80 ships) Ships Sunk, Damaged or Detained 1940 (48 ships) Only one crew member from the Ardent, two from the Acasta, and thirty-six from the Glorious survived to be picked up by Norwegian and German forces. In his memoirs, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote that he had intended to release the news a few days later, but that events in France crowded upon us so black and so quickly that I forgot to lift the ban (p.192). The Lancastria Tragedy: Sinking and Cover-Up, June 1940. This feat accomplished, the Glorious was to sail back to the UK with fellow carrier Ark Royal for mutual protection. Empire Morn killed 26th April 1943 after his ship hit a mine. York rescued 42 survivors but three more died aboard her. But the battlecruisers retaliatory fire was devastating, and the Acastas blazing wrecked dipped stern-first into the water after 6 p.m. By then, the starboard-listing Glorious had also sunk. Afterwards, he turned his attention to the woman beside him. All four crewmen died. Five days into the voyage, the Royal Navy escort ships headed off, confident there was no danger. She once described him affectionately as a big child. 8 was the first to be lowered. World War II: The cargo ship (7,405 GRT, 1914) was bombed and damaged in the Bay of Biscay off. The list of shipwrecks in March 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1940. World War II: The harbour defence vessel (608 GRT) was scuttled at Dieppe, France. We said: If you want them, theyre 600 miles out at the bottom of the Atlantic! he recalls. The list of shipwrecks in June 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1940. She was later salvaged by the Germans and re-entered service as, World War II: The trawler (108 GRT, 1931) was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Land's End (, World War II: The cargo ship (2,417 GRT, 1901) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Land's End (, World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The cargo ship (3,443 GRT, 1916) was torpedoed and sunk in the, The cargo ship (5,661 GRT, 1923) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (, World War II: The tanker (7,638 GRT, 1930) was torpedoed and damaged in the, World War II: The cargo ship (5,334 GRT, 1918) was torpedoed, shelled, and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the, World War II: The trawler (276 GRT, 1918) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper (497 GRT, 1939) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The armed merchant cruiser (12,220 GRT, 1915) struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off, World War II: The ocean liner (13,415 GRT, 1913) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The cargo ship (3,103 GRT, 1922) was shelled and torpedoed in the, World War II: The coaster (824 GRT, 1930) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off, World War II: The passenger ship (7,463 GRT, 1920) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay (, World War II: The cargo ship (5,911 GRT, 1917) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The passenger ship (11,028 GRT, 1922) was bombed and sunk in the, World War II: The tanker (9,552 GRT, 1917) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The cargo ship (2,290 GRT, 1922) was bombed and sunk at, World War II: The cargo ship (1,776 GRT, 1930) was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of Land's End (, World War II: The cargo ship (1,177 GRT, 1919) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The cargo ship (1,937 GRT, 1919) was scuttled at, World War II: The cargo ship (1,144 GRT, 1915) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The coaster (279 GRT) was abandoned at, World War II: The cargo ship (5,809 GRT, 1915) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The cargo ship (4,281 GRT, 1922) was bombed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off. Survivors: Five survivors of the S.S City of Benares passenger ship which was sunk by a German U-Boat in September 1940. While the British sighted the ships fifteen minutes later, Captain DOyly didnt call action stations and begin having Swordfish bombers lifted to the flight deck until 4:20 p.m.. Crucially, the German battlecruisers were fastbut Glorious could nearly match their speed at thirty knots, once her boilers built up enough steam. A few, however, began to whimper when a number of children who had been injured by debris from the explosion such as broken glass were brought on deck. If a ship had a former name this would be written in brackets. Most likely rammed and sunk Oct. 4; 1940 by Antonietta Costa (Italian Cargo ship) 60 NM ENE of Bari . http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/TOWER.htm. This is a revised edition of the book published in 1985 as Who Will Take Our Children? Her classs lead ship, the Courageous, had launched the first carrier-launched naval air strike in history near the end of World War I. World War II: The cargo ship (4,007 GRT, 1928) was intercepted in the, The schooner (98 GRT) was rammed by the cargo ship, The cargo ship (2,158 GRT, 1908) ran aground off Winging Point, 20 nautical miles (37km) south of, The cargo ship (625 GRT, 1920) foundered 1 nautical mile (1.9km) off, The trawler (170 GRT, 1904) was helping a neutral steamer which had gone aground on the east coast of England when the steamer slipped on a shelf and collided with, This page was last edited on 29 October 2022, at 11:25. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Within a few weeks both would be dead after the ship was torpedoed and sunk by U-99 on the 18th October 1940 in the North Atlantic with the loss of all hands while sailing to the Clyde from Sydney, Cape Breton in Convoy SC-7. The gloves became essential in the hours ahead in helping him keep a grip on the gunwales. Two chapters briefly detail the extraction of Allied forces from Europe in Operations Cycle (Le Havre, France), Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk); and Operation Aerial (St. Nazaire, Nantes, Cherbourg, and seven other French ports). Information about the Lancastria sinking might be restricted by the Official Secrets Act. The mine exploded sinking the vessel. A German submarine torpedoed the ship hours after Britain declared war on Hitler in 1939 - more than 100 people, including many Americans, were killed. World War II: The captured ex-Dutch coastal defence ship (5,002 t, 1904) was bombed and sunk at, World War II: The naval yacht (196 GRT, 1938) struck a mine and sank in the, World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (, World War II: The cargo ship (1,888 GRT) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The tanker (7,011 GRT, 1922) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by, World War II: The cargo ship (5,154 GRT, 1918) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay (, The cargo ship (2,724 or 2,608 GRT, 1929) collided with another vessel and sank in the. World War II: The cargo ship (2,155 GRT, 1902) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The cargo ship (6,694 GRT, 1917) was bombed and damaged in the English Channel off. In June 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed to a new trans-Atlantic evacuation scheme. Battleships accompanied by other surface warships did directly engage carriers one more time in World War II during the Battle of Samar, though this time the U.S. carriers air wings participated in the fight leading to a very different, though no less dramatic outcome. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. World War II: The cargo ship (6,201 GRT, 1915) was intercepted north of Iceland (, World War II: The cargo ship (710 GRT, 1914) struck a mine and sank in the, The cargo ship (6,281 GRT, 1919) ran aground at night 85 nautical miles (157km) south of, The cargo ship (2,679 GRT, 1922) collided with, World War II: The cargo ship (3,072 GRT, 1918) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel 32 nautical miles (59km) off, World War II: The fishing vessel (26 GRT) sunk in the North Sea off the, The tanker barge (1,155 GRT, 1904) ran aground at, World War II: The coaster (643 GRT, 1922) was torpedoed and sunk in the, The collier (1,323 GRT, 1924) ran aground on the, World War II: The cargo ship (1,097 GRT, 1920) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea (, World War II: The cargo ship (2,719 GRT, 1926) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the north coast of, The cargo ship (1,918 GRT, 1911) collided with, The auxiliary patrol vessel ran aground near, World War II: The cargo ship (4,979 GRT, 1913) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The fishing vessel (33 GRT) was sunk in the North Sea off, The cargo ship (5,760 GRT, 1916) collided with, World War II: The tanker (6,236 GRT, 1936) was torpedoed and damaged in the, World War II: The trawler (165 GRT, 1897) caught a mine in her nets whilst fishing in the North Sea. As HMS Hurricane approached Lifeboat 2, Colin and the remaining passengers started singing Rule Britannia. I felt responsible for losing them and a totally ridiculous guilt came over me., For a few days, reporters made a big fuss of the heroic boy who had helped others in his lifeboat to survive. The numbers of passengers aboard, survivors, and casualties are unreported or vary wildly. Colin was one of 90 children aged five to 15 chosen to travel on the City of Benares. They didnt have anyone at the ends holding it steady. Once filled, the lifeboat was lowered into the raging sea. To order a copy for 16.99 (incl p&p), call 0843 382 0000. The German battlecruisers then hastily left the scene without picking up survivors. Aboard one lifeboat, a freezing boy fell unconscious and slipped into the sea. 1 June [ edit] 2 June [ edit] 3 June [ edit] 4 June [ edit] 5 June [ edit] 6 June [ edit] 7 June [ edit] 8 June [ edit] Every type of ship is here, warships, submarines, MTBs, tankers, cargo, passenger, troopships and so on, totalling over 3,000. World War II: The cargo ship (1,373 GRT) was scuttled at, World War II: The sailing vessel (26 GRT) struck a mine and sank at, World War II: The coaster (509 GRT, 1937) struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off. Once the ship was on its way in a convoy escorted by vessels from the Royal Navy Colin read books in the library and played games on deck. She was subsequently salvaged by the Germans and re-entered service as. World War II: The cargo ship (810 GRT, 1933) was scuttled at Dieppe, France. You could see people running around on the decks. Five minutes later, in one of the longest-range hits in naval history, the Scharnhorsts third volley screamed over fifteen miles to slam straight into the Gloriouss flight deck, blasting open a huge hole that rendered it unusable and knocking two Swordfish bombers into the water. The Glorious first saw action in World War II providing air cover for the Allied expeditionary force seeking to support Norways resistance to Nazi invasion in April 1940, her Sea Gladiators shooting down several German bombers. But he couldnt. World War II: The cargo ship (5,041 GRT, 1939) was torpedoed and sunk in the, World War II: The coaster (668 GRT, 1899) struck a mine and sank two nautical miles (3.7km; 2.3mi) north of the, The cargo ship (2,744 GRT, 1906) ran aground on, World War II: The tanker (7,101 GRT, 1926) struck a mine in, World War II: The tanker (6,891 GRT, 1925) was captured in the, World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper (85 GRT) was scuttled at, World War II: The naval trawler (131 GRT, 1929) struck a mine in the English Channel off. On December 19, 1940, the 'Isolda' was bombed by German plane and sunk three miles south of the Saltee Island. A tragedy in itself made worse by the fact they should never have been onboard to begin with. This is what happenned. Officially, the Royal Navy maintains this was to save fuel. This attack however sank the HMS Triad. And when he arrived back on British soil, everything seemed to have a dream-like quality. 1,596 Royal Navy and Air Force personnel died, many freezing to death awaiting rescue. 39 days; Cargo removed, Crew 3; Japanese POW: 164; Died POW:12 including 4 lost on All rights reserved. These advantages meant that battleships and battlecruisers were repeatedly sunk by carrier-based aircraft, from Pearl Harbor to Taranto to the Battle of the Philippines Sea. Stephen Wynn, a retired police constable with 30 years service in Essex, began writing prior to his retirement. I of course ,read it before giving it to my father. From the 90 whod set out from Liverpool, there were only 13 survivors. But Colin Ryder Richardson, snug in his bunk, saw no reason for alarm. In June 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill agreed to a new trans-Atlantic evacuation scheme. 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