Helping hand needed with handwritting

[jay dubaya]

Can any of you kind souls make out the name of the following vessel? Any help much appreciated

cheers, Jon

[PhilB]

ETRURIA?

[jay dubaya]

Thanks for that Phil, it could be 'Etruria' but one thing I can add is that the same hand has written quite a lot on the sheet and the 'i's' are all clearly dotted, also I'm convinced that there are only 5 letters in the name ending with 'ma'

cheers, Jon

[ItemCo16527]

Looks like HMT Ekma to me. I only found a couple of hits on Google, both referencing WWII, but I think it was around for WWI.

www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/26/a8736726.shtml

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/rec...m=2008-06-18#-1

[jay dubaya]

Sorry for not coming back sooner. It could be the one Jeff, the transport was used between Bombay and Basra which seems to fit with the documents you've linked. Just need to find some better details to confirm but looks good to me.

cheers, Jon