Missing Merchant

Investigating WWII British Merchant Navy Missing. Ministry of War Transport Casualty and Death Lists entries. Tweet source

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Twitter becoming too difficult to manage scheduled tweets. So after around a decade of tweeting on lost British merchant shipping in WWII I am calling it quits. Thanks to all who have participated.

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10/7/1941 This day 1941 British cargo ship Svint bombed/sunk Atlantic lost 1 of 21 crew Anyone have a family connection? #OTD #WW2

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10/7/1941 This day 1941 British trawler Isabella Fowlie mined Nth Sea off Longstone #unknown losses Anyone have a family connection? #Longstone #WW2

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9/7/1943 This day British cargo ship Manchester Citizen torpedoed/sunk Gulf Benin SW Lagos lost 28 of 104 crew Any1 have link #Lagos #WW2

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9/7/1943 British cargo ship De La Salle torpedoed/sunk Gulf Benin SW Lagos Nigeria lost 10 of 249 crew Anyone have a family connection? #Lagos #WW2

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9/7/1942 This day 1942 British tanker Pomella torpedoed English Channel off Devon #unknown losses Anyone have a family connection? #Devon #WW2

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9/7/1942 This day 1942 British cargo ship Empire Explorer torpedoed Atlantic off Granada lost 3 of 78 crew Anyone have a family connection? #Granada #WW2

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9/7/1942 This day 1942 British cargo ship Cape Verde torpedoed Atlantic east of Granada lost 2 of 42 crew Anyone have a family connection? #Granada #WW2

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9/7/1941 This day 1941 British cargo ship Inverness torpedoed/sunk Atlantic lost 6 of 43 crew Anyone have a family connection? #crewlist #WW2

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9/7/1941 This day 1941 British cargo ship Designer torpedoed/sunk Atlantic lost 67 of 78 crew Anyone have a family connection? #crewlist #WW2

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9/7/1941 This day 1941 British coaster Blue Mermaid mined/sunk off Clacton on Sea Essex lost 2 crew Anyone have a family connection? #hometrade #Essex #WW2

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7/7/1942 This day 1942 British cargo ship Hartlebury torpedoed Barents Sea lost 38 of 58 crew Anyone have a family connection? #crewlist #WW2

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7/7/1940 This day 1940 British coaster Sea Glory torpedoed Atlantic Sth Fastnet Rock lost all 29 crew Anyone have a family connection? #Fastnet #WW2

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7/7/1940 This day 1940 British cargo ship Delambre shelled/sunk Sth Atlantic #unknown losses Anyone have a family connection? #crewlist #WW2

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6/7/1943 This day 1943 British cargo ship Shahjehan torpedoed Mediterranean Nth Libya lost 1 of 328 lives Anyone have a family connection? #crewlist #WW2

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6/7/1942 This day 1942 British cargo ship Dinaric torpedoed St Lawrence River lost 4 of 38 crew Anyone have a family connection? #crewlist #WW2

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6/7/1942 This day 1942 British ocean liner Avila Star torpedoed Atlantic NE Azores lost 84 of 196 lives Anyone have a family connection? #Azores #WW2

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6/7/1941 This day Brit trawler Westfield bombed/sunk Bristol Channel Lundy Island Devon lost all 10 crew Anyone have a family connection? #LundyIsland #WW2

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5/7/1943 British Assault Command ship Devis torpedoed/sunk Mediterranean Nth Algeria lost 52 of 343 lives Anyone have a family connection? #crewlist #WW2

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5/7/1942 This day 1942 British convoy rescue ship Zaafaran bombed/sunk Barents Sea #unknown losses Anyone have a family connection? #crewlist #WW2