story behind the ships and postings

[Guest]

HMS Surley     From 1 Aug 1914

HMS Pembroke, (I know this is a land based 'ship' at Chatham) From 5 March 1915

AMC Ebro   From 21 April 1915

HMS Pembroke From 7 Sep 1915

AMC Ebro From 1 April 1916, promoted but continued to serve until  4 Jan  1919

HMS Pembroke From 4 Jan 1919 until demob 12 Feb 1919.

What type of ship are they, why so many changes? He finished as a leading seaman.

Had served for 12 years prior to the war on various ships.

Any information would be helpful to this non naval person thank you

[seaJane]

There was no HMS SURLEY. There was, however, an HMS SURLY (Google to find) or SUTLEJ (ditto).

 

This looks like your Armed Merchant Cruiser EBRO (another Google) http://historicalrfa.org/requisitioned-auxiliaries/164-requisitioned-auxiliaries-e/2509-requisitioned-auxiliary-ebro

 

If we could see an image of your source it might be possible to say what was governing the different entries.

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Best wishes,

 

sJ

[horatio2]

On 05/10/2019 at 01:23, Rawlings said:

why so many changes?

As seaJane says, a list of ships out of context is pretty meanigless. That said, he served in three sea-going ships in the course of the war, interspersed with spells ashore in Chatham barracks (HMS PEMBROKE). Not a notable number of drafts and to answer your "Why?" question - because he was so required by the Naval Service.

Edited 20 October , 2019 by horatio2