S.S. Velo was sunk on 28th December 1941. Lloyd's and uboat.net say 21 crew and 3 gunner killed. CWGC lists 6 Officers and 15 OR crew and 2 OR RN gunners. Any idea who the third gunner could be, looking at the CWGC for this date I can not see any possible casualties. Regards Steve
Hi Steve, I think you have a typo in the header - should be ss VOLO. I have three gunners listed against ss VOLO in the DAS Register but two do not appear on CWGC so not sure if this is an incorrect listing - wouldn't be the first time. JR Parker and H Stall and Robert Anderson with no mention of Frank Humphrey. I will do some more checking but may need the crew agreement. Regards Hugh
Hi Hugh, Thanks for that, I've corrected title. If you've got the crew agreement number let me know and I'll add it to my list. Due to my former employer giving me an unexpected and immediate change to my employment status... I've suddenly found myself with a lot more spare time, so I might be making a trip to Kew in the next few weeks. Regards, Steve
Hi Steve you need to look at VOLO/165701 - the last crew agreement for 1941 - BT 381/1639. It may be that those gunners I mention were on the crew list but were not casualties. Sometimes deaths at sea were not always clear and were revised afterwards, although that said, I can see no alterations for that ship. Oh dear, "unexpected and immediate", that doesn't sound too good - [P&O]. Hope all will be well for you. Regards Hugh
