The Wartime Memories Project - HMHS Somersetshire

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Information. HMHS Somersetshire was a hospital ship, she was lost after being torpedoed by Uboat 453 on the 7th April 1942 She was with the Lancastria on the 17th June 1940 off the coast of St. Nazaire, shorly before the Lancastria was sunk. My father , who is almost eighty years old and still living served as an engineer on board A hospital ship called HMHS SOMERSETSHIRE, and is trying to find information about her.In particular , what her pennant number was.Can any of you users assist with any information? Eric Heard Photographs A post card ofthe Somersetshire. My late father CPO Norman Smith travelled on the Somersetshire. Norman Smith. If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who served or travelled on this Ship Heard. Engineer. CPO Norman Smith. If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to a ship or sailor, please get in touch. Add Your Story Links U-Boat 453 Ships Index Website and ALL Material © Copyright MM-MMIXI - All Rights Reserved