wwi naval ship name help please!!!!

[philipsearching]

Hermes ?

It is not Hermes because the sailor who compiled those sheets would know how to spell it and there are too many letters.

To me it seems that some letters overlay others.  I think it is Hermes written over the top of something I can't make out.

Philip

[teatom]

hey guys thanks for all the ideas really does seem to be a tricky one, the time spent on ship was only from Aug to DEC 1913 i did consider both Hermione and hermes but i too thought that it seemed to fit neither also considered heroine but unsure if that fit either 

[Ian Nelson]

it's Heartsease with a diminutive 't'

[Karen McDonald]

it's Heartsease with a diminutive 't'

I have no idea whether Wiki is correct, but it says that there have been 2 RN ships with the name Heartsease:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Heartsease

Problem is, one was launched in the 17th century and the other in 1940...

To me it seems that some letters overlay others.  I think it is Hermes written over the top of something I can't make out.

Philip

I agree. I was wondering whether the scribe started to write Pembroke and then changed it to Hermes.

Best regards,
Karen