May 07, 2013
Mystery Ship VIII Update!
In November of 2011, I put up a "Name This Mystery Ship" contest that proved to be one of my favorites.
The correct answer was the SS Mamari, aka "Fleet Tender C". A former passenger liner, she had been taken over by the Royal Navy and converted into a HMS Hermes decoy. As it turns out, I had not seen another picture of this erstwhile vessel until just about a week ago, when I also found out her fate. First, the second picture:
As it turns out, the Mamari was a very good decoy indeed. On June 3rd, 1941, she was attacked by German aircraft. In the process of evading them, she got stuck on the wreck of a tanker. While the Admiralty intended to refloat her, a few days later the E-boats came. After a couple of torpedoes, she ended up as you see her here. You can see just how skimpy that "flight deck" was. It couldn't even be used as a transport.
So there you are... more Fleet Tender C!
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The correct answer was the SS Mamari, aka "Fleet Tender C". A former passenger liner, she had been taken over by the Royal Navy and converted into a HMS Hermes decoy. As it turns out, I had not seen another picture of this erstwhile vessel until just about a week ago, when I also found out her fate. First, the second picture:
As it turns out, the Mamari was a very good decoy indeed. On June 3rd, 1941, she was attacked by German aircraft. In the process of evading them, she got stuck on the wreck of a tanker. While the Admiralty intended to refloat her, a few days later the E-boats came. After a couple of torpedoes, she ended up as you see her here. You can see just how skimpy that "flight deck" was. It couldn't even be used as a transport.
So there you are... more Fleet Tender C!
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