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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: lizzy56 on Saturday 29 August 15 21:47 BST (UK)
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Could anyone tell me what 10/- Grat for raising V 22 Acheron means. This is on my Grandads service record. I am stumped on this.
Thankyou.
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Gratuity perhaps? Ten shillings (Fifty pence as we would say today)
Was he in the Royal Navy?
V22 could be the hull number of a vessel called "Acheron"
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Acheron was probably the name of a ship.
There was probably a class of ship based on historical "greek mythological" names, such as Hercules, Ariadne etc etc
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There WAS an "Acheron" class of destroyer, but they were called "I " class.
What date did your Grand father serve?
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Possible that HMS Acheron was re-fitted as a minelaying ship?
Then possible that a V22 was a type of anti ship mine. I do not know but I am speculating or Guessing.
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A summary of her service is on Wikipedia. I can't identify what V22 would have meant but a few minutes on Google shows that there were a variety of gratuities that were paid. Are you sure that it was V22 and not U12? The ship rammed that U boat in March 1915
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Hi. My grandad's served in the Navy from 24th October 1904 to 23rd January 1918 as Head Stoker. It deffinately looks like a V and not a U. The Acheron was the first ship he served on but served on it again in 1915.
He served on nine in total.
I never met him so just trying to found out what I can on him.
Thank you for your help it's much appreciated.
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I wonder if it refers to a promotion from stoker to Chief or Master Stoker, there are RV2 references on my g/fathers record for HMS Kent WW1 and my father's for RNR in ww2.
James