Service record of an ERA

[Allan1892]

Looking at a service record for an ERA, I have been able to read all ship / shoe base names except one - please see snippet image attached. (courtesy of Find My Past)

[horatio2]

HMS ATTENTIVE II, parent ship at Dover for the Dover Patrol but I cannot make out the name of the ship in brackets, which was the ship in which he actually served and was a tender to ATTENTIVE II.

P.S. It is HMS MILNE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Milne_(1914)

Edited 3 July , 2022 by horatio2

[horatio2]

The 'F8' entry after MILNE continues a discussion about its meaningon this earlier topic:-

 

[Allan1892]

@horatio2 - many thanks for answering my question. I have attached another image snippet from his record, I can see that prior to being on the Dover patrol, he was still on HMS Milne with HMS Dido. What I can't make out is the ship immediately above that, still with HMS Dido.

[horatio2]

Thanks for that handwriting challenge! Best guess, I would go for HMS MIRANDA, in the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich, parent ship HMS DIDO.

[Allan1892]

16 hours ago, horatio2 said:

Thanks for that handwriting challenge! Best guess, I would go for HMS MIRANDA, in the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich, parent ship HMS DIDO.

@horatio2 -- Thank you! I believe that you have cracked it.   I'll try not to post any more challenges!