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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: LMChapman on Thursday 11 November 21 15:10 GMT (UK)
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I'm looking at my grandfather's navy service record from the Second World War. It has a list of all the ships/shore stations he was at, with dates. Can anyone identify the name of the ship/place above 'Pembroke' in this photo?
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I believe it might help, if the record scan was zoomed out some more, so as to compare the writing of other entries.
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I did try to do that but it kept telling me the photo size was too big, sorry. However, there are various different handwriting styles on the list, this one does not obviously match any others.
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Ok managed it! Here is the zoomed out version.
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https://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar1.htm
Yes, the different scribe entries don't help. The first letter of the Ships? name is very difficult to establish, it might even be two letters. The last three letters, of the name could be ryi or nyi. I've attempted a quick search on the above Link, but unfortunately I don't presently have the time to work through all the various combinations. I've assumed this record was from WWI, or thereabouts, but I have of course, no confirmation of this. The above Link can expand the timescales, of the various RN Ship entries.
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I don't know if the Royal Navy had a presence there, but the RAF had a flying boat base at Korangi (Corangi?) Creek. near Karachi, until 1947.
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Could be Aorangi, an accommodation ship:
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/Ships/AORANGI.htm#.YY1ieWDP2M8
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It does look like it could be Aorangi, thank you.