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  1.  colin minhinnick  Captain Fegen, may he rest in peace
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  2. Fact, in the United Kingdom in both World Wars the percentage of merchant seamen (civilians) who lost there life was higher than the percentage of Army, Royal Navy or Royal Airforce personnel killed. Fact in both World Wars the Merchant Seaman when his ship got sunk or captured had his pay stopped. Fact that many British Legions used to refuse Merchant Seaman the right to join.
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  3. The oil fields in North Africa were not known or developed in WW2
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  4.  stephan daoust  what a totally nonsense reply, he was in command of a ship running from Holland to the UK
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  5. Self inflicted
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  6. On 3 April 1943, Oishi Tamotsu, Captain of the Aikoku Maru was recalled to Japan, and held several shore positions until the end of the war. He died on 13 February 1946, and was promoted on rear-admiral posthumously, so no War Crime prosecution for him
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  7. They reboarded the Ondina
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  8. The Bengal had only been commissioned two months previously. It would be probably a delivery trip of the new built ship to India.
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  9. Across the Pacific Ocean to Japan, from the Red Sea !!! Geography is terrible.
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  10. I cant speak for the US but the British Merchant Navy lost a higher percentage of its men in both World Wars compared to the Royal Navy, Army or Airforce (WW2 only)
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  11. Returned to England is not accurate, he was Scottish and had left Glasgow.
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  12. Congreve rockets
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  13. The ship was mostly Indian manned with Lt. Cdr. William Joseph Wilson, RINR in command. there were some Australian, some British and mostly Indian crew onboard.Lt. Cdr. William Joseph Wilson, RINR was awarded the DSO.
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  14. Monty was commanding, Australian, English, Free French, New Zealand, Scots, South African , Polish troops in North Africa. He was of Northern Irish decent who spent most of his childhood in Australia. He has also taught at college in India prewar so had a fair experience of working with many nationalities.
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  15.  @larrytischler570  not sure what your trying to say, can you expand please
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  16. The Bathurst were an Australian design only built in Australia. They were built on the orders of Rear Admiral P. E. McNeil. There is a hint in the name, the British design was the Flower Class.
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  17. how about a video on one of the greatest legal "pirates" of all times Admiral Lord Cochrane.
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  18. As far as I know there was only onw Japanese party landed on Australia and that was on the island at Scot Reef and also somewhere near Cape Leveque
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  19. In WW2 their was the case of the Criton a Merchant Ship. The Criton had been a Vichy French cargo ship captured by the Royal Navy for carrying contraband, the ship was declared a War Price and taken to Freetown. From there a decision was taken to man the vessel with a crew of Seafarers who were shipwreck survivors from many Allied ships Captained by Captain Dobeson formerly of the Wray Castle. The ship joined a convoy SL78 from Freetown to the United Kingdom. The Criton fell behind and was intercepted by a Vichy French Warship who order the vessel to stop and then open fire on the vessel killing 10 men and sinking the ship. The Captain and Senior Officers were then charged with being franc-tireurs (Pirates) for sinking the Crition, even though it had been sunk by a Vichy French warship. The were imprisoned in a camp near Timbuctoo in terrible condition. After the war the French made an ex-gracia payment to the British as compensation, however the British Goverment failed to pass this on the the ex prisoners involved.
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  20. The Queen of the Netherlands gave the Netherlands Bronze Star for gallantry to six Non Dutch members of the crew. They were three British Merchant Navy AB's, one Royal Australian Navy AB, and two Bombardiers of the Marine Royal Artillery Regiment.
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  21. Other Medals given were, Captain W. Horsman Ondina became Ridder (Knight of the) “Militaire Willems Order” der 4de Klasse posthumously and was Mentioned in Dispatches Lieutenant-Commander Wilson RNR of the Bengal , received the Distinguished Service Order. Australian Able Bodied Seaman Bertram Albert George Hammond RAN (Royal Australian Navy) MV Ondina, received the Distinguished Service Medal and the Bronzen Kruis (Bronze Cross) on May 22nd, 1943. However, this medal was replaced by a much higher honour, being “The Netherland’s Bronze Lion” with an “Honourable Mention.” 2nd.Officer Bartele Broer Bakker MV Ondina “Military William Order” - MWO, which is the highest award that can be award, “Ridder der Militaire Willems Orde” or “Knight of the Military Willems Order.” “Distinguished Service Cross” - (DSC). “Great gallantry when the vessel, escorted by only one destroyer was attacked by two enemy raiders, one of which she sank. Although her crew was forced to abandon ship during the action, she was re boarded and was brought safely to port.” “Honourable Mention” - (EV) “War Memorial Cross” (OMK). MV Ondina was given a rare Dutch distinction, the “Koninklijke Vermelding by Dagorder”, issued on July 9, 1948.
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  22. Italy did not exist until 1860. Therefor Marco Polo was not Italian.
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  23. The Royal Navy had carried out amphibious landing exercises most years since 1926 and developed various types of landing craft.
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  24.  @thomasb1889  Prey tell, how could Italy do that?
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  25. Really Miss Dragon? And the German Raiders with False Flags, False names were perfectly legitimate?
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  26.  @MissDragonByt  What are you on, must be good as your brain is clearly fried. Q ships preyed on German Naval Submarines. German Raiders preyed on merchant ships.
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  27.  @MissDragonByt  Please stop showing your lack of knowledge. The British had no need nor the ability to use Q Ships against German merchant ships because they had a total naval blockade, and all the German Merchant ships were either in Germany, or captured or interned within a few days of the start of the war. Look up the statistics. A few German raider got out usually through the Denmark Strait.
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  28. You go across the Indian Ocean, across the South China sea, across the East China Sea to get to Japan, unless you are suggesting through the Indian Ocean, across the South Atlantic Ocean. across the south and North Pacific Ocean, that is the only way to cross the Pacific Ocean. The ships probability never even entered the Pacific Ocean as after the East China Sea they entered to Inland Sea.
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  29. I am a little confused, I initially thought they were sitting on the seabed, then it was said they were floating?
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  30. I dont follow your logic at all.If the Suez Canal is shut the ships still transit up the Red Sea to Egypt.
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  31.  @stevevalley7835  Not sure where Suez City is? The Suez Canal was a little over the width of one ship, so unless you tied them together like sausages the most you get in the Canal is one ship. If its going to take more than a day to refloat it will be blown apart by explosives. The way that most cargo was landed was by lighters and tugs from vessels at anchor.
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  32.  @stevevalley7835  There is no place called Suez City . It is a figment of your imagination. The Port at the East end of the Suez Canal is Port Tewfik. After the 67 war there were bridges of sand bulldozed across the canal by both sides, and it had also silted up. You can at best get one ship in with a sneak attack. For ship disposal in a Canal look at the Panama Canal Plan. When you transit the Panama Canal you are required to sign a waver allowing the Canal Authorities yo dynamite your ship if it sinks. To block any attempt all eo reach the canal the allies needed to do was place mines in Suez anchorage or at the entrance of the Gulf of Suez,, Im sure minefields were in place
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  33.  @stevevalley7835  There is no place called Suez City on Google maps. Its in your head.
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  34. The vessel spec says it was a US made 10cm gun, I assume 4 inch.
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  35. The Japanese ships were passenger ships so would have very good water tight bulkheads. Armored hull would have have made no difference to the hit on a torpedo.
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