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Re: wwi naval ship name help please!!!!
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 29 April 20 18:55 BST (UK) »
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.

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Re: wwi naval ship name help please!!!!
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 29 April 20 21:01 BST (UK) »
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  ???

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Re: wwi naval ship name help please!!!!
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 29 April 20 21:09 BST (UK) »
it's Heartsease with a diminutive 't'
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Re: wwi naval ship name help please!!!!
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 29 April 20 22:20 BST (UK) »
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.

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