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From: Ron Mapplebeck <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] HMS Royal Oak/Eastlea
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 16:29:31 +0100
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Linda,

And the date of 30 March 1941 was the day the EASTLEA, in convoy HX115,
was torpedoed and sunk by U48 in a position 60N 18, 10W. There were no
survivors from the 34 on board.

The EASTLEA was owned by the Cliffside Shipping Co. Ltd., owned by John
Morrison & Son, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She was built in 1924 and was
4267 gross tons.

(Information from THE WORLD'S MERCHANT FLEETS 1939 by Roger Jordan)

Hope this is of interest.

Ron
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Paul Benyon wrote:
>
> On Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:06:43 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >Hello Listers, Can anybody help me locate via the net, a list of those 800 + poor souls who lost their lives in Scapa Flow, I have been told my Grandfather-in-law was among them and want to verify. His name was Thomas Stanley Richards and he would have been 50 years old, he was in the Merchant service, so I do not know why he would have been aboard a Navy Battleship, can anybody out there HELP ?
> >
> >Kind Regards
> >Linda Collie
> >Hadleigh, Suffolk
>
> Hi Linda
>
> I'm not too sure how your Thomas' name has become linked with HMS ROYAL
> OAK, which was sunk on 14 Oct 1939, but I've just had a look at the
> Commonwealth War Graves site at:
>
> http://yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc/register.nsf
>
> And there is a record:-
>
> In Memory of THOMAS STANLEY RICHARDS Third Engineer Officer S.S. Eastlea
> (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Merchant Navy who died on Sunday, 30th March 1941.
> Age 51.
>
> who, according to the information you provide appears to be the person
> you are looking for? His memorial is on Tower Hill: panel 36.
>
> I hope this clarifies rather than confuses the situation?
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
> Isle of Portland, Dorset
>
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