[lugite 1 author=”Forde” book=”The Long Watch”/] [lugite 2 author=”Fisk” book=”In Time of War” page=”273″ quote=”“Up to four huge tricolours were painted on the sides of each ship together with the word EIRE in letters twenty feet high””/] [lugite 3 author=”Gleichauf” book=”Unsung Sailors” page=”115″ quote=”“… remembered what they had heard in training: never expect another ship… Continue reading Ireland’s Mercantile Marine during the Second World War
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Remember City of Waterford (convoy OG74)
The City of Waterford sailed in Convoy OG-74, as required by insurance companies. She was accidentally rammed and sunk. Her crew were on Walmer Castle, two days later, when they were bombed and sunk. Five, City of Waterford crew, were lost; but the life assurance was not paid.