Kew Look Up

[Shiny1]

Morning All,

I was wondering if anyone was going to the National Archives at Kew and might have some spare time to look up a report for me.

I'm after a copy of a Survivor's Report which is held in piece ADM 199/2140 on page 121 and relates to what happened to the SS Robert W Pomeroy in 1942.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4122500

I met a lady on Remembrance day who was looking after her father's grave, a father she never met, I'm hoping this report will tell me what happened to him.

Thanks a lot,

Michael

[maddys52]

Can't help with the Archives lookup, however there is this mention of the incident in 1942
"1 April 1942  The Canadian registered SS Robert W. Pomeroy (Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co, Toronto), was a coal-fired Great Lakes freighter.  With a cargo of lumber, her first (and only) wartime crossing was in convoy SC-3 (47 ships) which departed Sydney NS on 2 September 1940 bound for Liverpool.  Four of the ships were sunk by U-boats.  On arrival in the UK, the Pomeroy was “considered not suitable for Deep Sea Trading” and was “allocated” to be a local UK collier.  During one of her voyages, she joined the unescorted coastal convoy FN-67 which was northbound for the Blyth and Tyne coal mining ports, but she sank about 12 nautical miles off the coast of Norfolk England.  She was “submerged, mast visible and [anti-aircraft barrage] balloon still flying”, but the records indicate some uncertainty regarding the cause of her sinking.  She might have hit a mine or broken her back in heavy seas.  One casualty amongst the crew."
https://www.navalassoc.ca/nac-news-edition-k454-hmcs-st-stephen/

[Shiny1]

Thanks for the help Maddys52, I appreciate you taking the time to look it up for me.

I had seen a lot of that, I'm hoping the survivors report will fill in the specific details and explain exactly what happened.

Thanks again,

Michael