christine liava'a Posted 11 August , 2003 Share Posted 11 August , 2003 Chris, Would it be possible to have 2 new sections, or subsections, for Sailors & ships, and Airmen? There are 15 pages of entries containing the word "ship", but under various sections of the site, and it's a bit difficult to decide where to post something concerning a sailor? Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 11 August , 2003 Share Posted 11 August , 2003 Good thinking Christine. I'll make the changes along with one or two other minor tweaks, in tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 11 August , 2003 Share Posted 11 August , 2003 Chris, I have several books on WW1 ships and will do look-ups for the forum. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 12 August , 2003 Author Share Posted 12 August , 2003 Anything on the oiler Elax or the transport ship Port Adelaide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 12 August , 2003 Share Posted 12 August , 2003 I have a particular interest in the RFC/RAF (family originated) and have accumulated quite a bit of info over the years which I am happy to share, and in researching Airmen, which is slightly different to soldiers. There is far info available for a start. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 12 August , 2003 Share Posted 12 August , 2003 I'm up for the inclusion of the air-war on this forum. I have been using a USA forum for the air-war in WWI after some pointers from some Baker's Pals, but there are some very strange postings there . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 12 August , 2003 Share Posted 12 August , 2003 Lee, Do you have problems with the aerodrome forum? I didn't notice anything special... Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 12 August , 2003 Share Posted 12 August , 2003 Anything on the oiler Elax or the transport ship Port Adelaide? Christine, Sorry, no Navy information on these ships. Were they Mercantile Marine? Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 12 August , 2003 Share Posted 12 August , 2003 oopps! spoke too soon. all I have is ELAX, oiler, lost October 10, 1916 , in the Mediterranean no other details Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Historian Posted 25 August , 2003 Share Posted 25 August , 2003 Hi Malcolm, Doing some research on shipping losses in Scottish waters, and wondered if you can suggest a source for u-boat operational records? Also, can you suggest any good books beside larne and larne, and patrick stephens' British Vessles lost at Sea 1914-18 and 1939-45? Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 25 August , 2003 Share Posted 25 August , 2003 Gordon, I have some books on British Naval vesels and some odd bits and pieces on other navies but no U Boat info. For U Boat info I have found http://uboat.net/wwi/ of good content. There is also a Naval History ring I have used in the past but I can't find the UL at present. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 25 August , 2003 Share Posted 25 August , 2003 http://www.naval-history.net/NAVAL1914-18.htm The computer helped the old brain cell. Time-shared neurons doh! Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 25 August , 2003 Share Posted 25 August , 2003 This may help but gives ' British Isles ' http://www.naval-history.net/WW1RNLossesA-L.htm Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Historian Posted 26 August , 2003 Share Posted 26 August , 2003 Malcolm, Many thanks. know the feeling about the brain cells! Regards, Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 26 August , 2003 Share Posted 26 August , 2003 The oiler Elax appears to have sunk by a U- boat off Cape Matapan. The South African Maritime Museum however has a photograph of a tanker of the same name taken in 1927 and lists her as being scrapped in 1954. Two possibilities arise: that the Elax was recovered and repaired or that this was a replacement vessel given the same name. The site is at: South African Maritime Museum The photgraph does not appear on the website by the way. Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 26 August , 2003 Author Share Posted 26 August , 2003 I think the one in S. Africa is a later ship. It is also in Australia,in the 1930s , 40s and 50s. and on the Shell fleet list was built in 1927. Actually its probably a series of ships with the same name The first one seems to have been built pre 1900 by Marcus Samuel "1878 when Marcus Samuel (the son) began handling consignments of cased kerosene, then the top-selling fuel in the world. Then in 1890, on the way to a buying trip near Batum on the Black Sea, he noticed the harbor at Constantinople (now Istanbul) was jammed with tanker ships loading oil. He realized there was more money in oil than in sea shells, so he ordered construction of eight tankers." "The first tanker was nearing completion at West Hartlespool. It was called the Murex--named for a type of seashell, as were all of Samuel's subsequent tankers. It was a memorial to the elder Marcus, the shell merchant. . . . By the end of 1893, Samuel had launched ten more ships, all of them named for seashells--the Conch, the Clam, the Elax, the Cowrie, and so on" Marcus Samuel's oil importing company later became SHELL oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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