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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:53 pm Post subject: French graves in Girvan (Doune) Cemetery |
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These 2 graves are in CWGC care in above cemetery.
They do not appear to be listed at http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/ but I understand that the phrase 'Mort pour la France' is a legal status in France. Anyone any idea where I can get personal details from?
Also the ship Longwy SS was sunk off the west coast of Scotland on 4th November 1917 by a German mine. Any other info?
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Dr Jon
Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 127 Location: Lancashire
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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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http://divernetxtra.com/wrecks/wtour150500.htm
The 2315 ton French steamer Longwy was one of the victims of a German UC-class mine-laying submarine engaged in setting a widespread field of mines across the approaches to Glasgow and the Clyde.
The Longwy, bound for the Clyde from Bilbao with a cargo of iron ore, was 3 miles off Corsewall Point on the Scottish shore of the North Channel out of the Irish Sea when the torpedo hit her, on the morning of 4 November, 1917.
Though it was a torpedo which sank the ship, the course set by Captain Yves Legall might well have ended with a mine explosion anyway. At this late stage of the war, the German mine-laying subs were planting their cargoes close inshore, to catch Allied shipping hugging the coast in an effort to dodge U-boats operating in deeper waters.
The Longwy was built in 1903 in Nantes and, when launched, was 282ft long with a beam of 40ft and a draught of 19ft. She was powered by a three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine, made by Schneider and Co of Creusot
Two bodies washed ashore after the sinking are buried in Doune Cemetery at Girvan. _________________ Jon |
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spoons
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 1789 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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great info, thanks
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