The Wartime Memories Project Messageboard [ return ] From Message Paul Moore Guest   9/12/2005 05:53:30 Subject: HMS Carinthia IP: Logged Message: I am trying to find information on or anybody who served aboard AMS HMS Carinthia Torpedoed and sunk off the west coast of Ireland by U46. My Granfather Cyril Williams served aboard her. Many Thanks Paul Moore Bernard Loughran Guest   1/10/2006 09:22:02 RE: HMS Carinthia IP: Logged Message: My father James Bernard Loughran was a Petty Officer who served on the Carinthia from her commissioning in Vickers Armstrong's Yard in Barrow-in-Furness until her loss. He was a Shipwright employed by Vickers and was employed on the conversion of the former Cunnard liner into an Auxilary Merchant Cruiser. He had previously worked on the ship when she had returned to her builders in Barrow to be re-engined. The family story, which I heard at the time as a child, was that the ship was short of a man with his experience and was due to sale the following day. I was present when my father told my mother that he had joined the navy and was sailing the following day.The news was not well received. I believe my father stayed aboard the Carinthia during the 36 hours between the torpedo strike and her sinking during the efforts to save her. My recollection, which may be faulty, was that he was rescued by a submarine. He was subsequently invalided out of the navy and returned to work in Vickers Armstrongs. I hope this will be of use to you. Regards, Bernard Loughran P 1

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