On 2 September 1939 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into an armed merchant cruiser. The Ausonia had served 18 years as a Cunard White Star passenger liner, 3 years as an Armed Merchant Cruiser and finally, 23 years as the fleet repair ship HMS Ausonia. Apr 26, 2016 - Images and profiles of WW2 Aircraft Carriers. Page 5 . She operated in the Mediterranean and as far as India. Finally, in August 1965 the decision was made to retire Ausonia and in September 1965, she was sold to a Spanish ship breaker in Castellon for £300,000. In the background is HMS Ausonia with HMS Agincourt alongside on the left and the US Navy Trench Class submarine, USS Sirago on the right. Written by phil flanders. 1939 Armed Merchant Cruiser, 1942 sold to Admiralty as fleet repair ship renamed HMS Artifex. Whilst in Malta she also acted as the accommodation and repair ship for the 5th Submarine Division. Ausonia was requisitioned in 1915 for use as a troopship. RMS Ausonia, launched in 1921, was one of Cunard's six post-World War I "A-class" ocean liners for the Canadian service. On completion of the repairs to the engine bearing, HMS Ausonia left Malta for the last time arriving in Portsmouth on the 7th August 1964 to pay off for disposal. Collect from the Staines area The following sequence of photographs was taken by Graham Stevens on the 13thNovember 1965 and show HMS Ausonia leaving Portsmouth under tow on her way to the breakers. HMS Ausonia featured in an article in the December 1959 edition of the Navy News. Courtesy of David Butler, R.N. These vessels ranged from 6,000 to 22,000 tons, and were fitted out, usually with old WW1 type 6 inch guns, complemented with a meagre and totally inadequate Anti-aircraft armament. Few ships have given such wonderful service as the Steam Ship Ausonia. HMS RANPURA. A period of almost twenty years on the North Atlantic, first as a passenger liner, then as an Armed Merchant Cruiser, finally another twenty three years as one of the Royal Navy’s most important Heavy Repair Ships. The article also lists Ausonia’s ports of call in her summer 1959 trip, Naples and Salerno in March, Ajaccio (Corsica) in June and Genoa, in September. Notes: Commodore was in Harmala, Vice Commodore in Athelqueen.. BHX 107 left Bermuda at 11:00 on Febr. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. PLEASE KEEP IT TO NO MORE THAN NAME - RANK/RATE - SERVICE NUMBER - YEARS IN SERVICE E.G 1975-1980 Nov 4, 2017 - In the middle of February 1942, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Ausonia sailed south to Bermuda where she carried out patrols in the Sargasso Sea but now, with the increasing need for repair and depot ships, the Ausonia’s role was about to change. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others. Submarine depot ships at Malta were Forth' (1948-1960), HMS Narvik (1960-1962), and then Ausonia from 1962 to 1964. In the Second Battle of the Atlantic HMS Rajputana escorted several North Atlantic convoys from Bermuda and Halifax under Captain F. H. Taylor, including BHX 42, BHX 45, BHX 49, BHX 52, BHX 54, BHX 61, BHX 64, BHX 71, BHX 83, BHX 94, BHX 101, BHX 111 and BHX 117 As in WW1, the Royal Navy again in WW2, to augment its Naval ships made use of selected Merchant ships by converting them to Armed Merchant Cruisers. On 30th May 1918, while en route from Liverpool to New York, in ballast, she was attacked by submarine U62.She sank some 600 miles off Fastnet. Her retirement from Malta was due to the gradual reduction of British forces in Malta, which had seen the disbandment of the 5th Submarine Division. Photocopy of a ts memoir (112pp), written in 1984, covering his entry into the Royal Navy as a 16 year old boy in 1936, his training at the RN establishment at Shotley (November 1936 - 1937), his service as a boy signalman in the Home Fleet cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD (1938), as a signalman at the RN Barracks Chatham (early 1939), as a signalman and later leading signalman in the destroyer HMS … HMS Safari, launched in November 1941, was one of the third group of British S-class submarines built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead. On 29 April 1939, English composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears sailed from Southampton for Canada on Ausonia to begin what became a three-year sojourn in North America. She re-commissioned on the 16th September 1958 and after undergoing trials she sailed for Malta, arriving alongside the Ranpura in Grand Harbour, in October. HMS Ausonia (heavy repair ship) (04.1946) no appointment listed: C armichael, Donald Macaulay Son (with three brothers) of Rev. So far she has been the only ship to bear the name Safari. Kriegsmarine: uniforms, insignia, daggers and. we eventually arrived in Reggio where we caught the ferry to Palermo in Sciccily ,and … vintage hms ausonia wooden plaque. They are from a smoke and pet free home. Page 6 . HMS Warspite (battleship) (08.1939) HMS St Angelo (base, Malta) (04.1940) HMS Warspite (battleship) (02.1941) HMS Nile (base, Alexandria) HMS Ausonia seen here leaving Malta for the last time on the 7th August 1964. Mr Allan informed him that the estimated cost of refits for HMS Ausonia during those finial years was approximately £1.4 million. She then moved to shipyards in Millwall, where she remained inactive and in preservation until June 1957. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. Launching and design: Shortly before the beginning of the First World War both Great Britain and the German Reich experimented with aircraft mother ships. For the Italian liner, see. Condition is Used. WW2 Medals FULL SIZE Group 1st Army Africa Star, Italy Star, War and Defence. Andania, Ascania, Ausonia WHITE STAR CO. description Object description. In December 1938, the Ausonia carried about 50 American veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade returning from the Spanish Civil War from Le Havre, France, by way of England and Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving in New York City on 20 December 1938. Please buy with confidence, I have been a dealer/ collector for 40 years having also personally served 23 years with the Royal Air … Page 2 . Towards the end of the voyage, they gave a recital for voice and piano.[1]. HMS Audacity was a British escort carrier of the Second World War and the first of her kind to serve in the Royal Navy.She was originally the German merchant ship Hannover, which the British captured in the West Indies in March 1940 and renamed Sinbad, then Empire Audacity.She was converted and commissioned as HMS Empire Audacity, then as HMS Audacity. She made her maiden voyage on 31 August 1921 from Liverpool to Montreal, and the following season went into service on the London-Canada route. Some wear on the box. HMS Golden Hind, WW2 RN Barracks, Sydney, Australia HMS Gosling , Royal Naval Air Establishment, Risley, Warrington , Cheshire , was a collection of 5 camps responsible for various aspects of training FAA personnel Object details Category Photographs Related period 1945-1989 (production), 1945-1989 (content) Creator Royal Navy official photographer Catalogue number FL 9438 Part of MINISTRY OF DEFENCE FOXHILL COLLECTION OF SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS. This section includes over 21.000 Allied Warships and over 11.000 Allied Commanders of WWII, from the US Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, The Polish Navy and others. Has been put back whole into the box. She had a skirmish with submarine U55 on 11th June 1917, but survived. 1929 – Appointed Boy Clerk with Hackney Borough Council, later appointed Rates Clerk. See more ideas about aircraft carrier, navy aircraft carrier, navy ships. In 1964 during a “Families Day” show off the coast of Malta, HMS Ausonia was attacked with dummy Mk 9 torpedoes on her port side, fired from either HMS Turpin or HMS Thermopylae both T Class submarines, based at Malta. This article is about the Cunard liner. Safari was sponsored by the citizens of Dereham, Norfolk - the sum of £250,339 being raised during a "Warship Week". Shortly afterwards she was moved to Greenock, where she became part of the reserve fleet. Ausonia was built in Newcastle by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., launched on 22 March 1921, and completed in June. HMS Ausonia in the early 1960’s on one of her last summer sea trials while based at Malta. In 1958 she went to Malta as repair ship for the Mediterranean Fleet. WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site: ... Ausonia is a converted Passenger Liner, ... HMS Princess Astrid 1942 to 1944 Hms Vigilant 1945 This is a reproduction german ww2 kriegsmarine officers jacket & trousers , the jacket has a label stating made in britain . She was laid up during 1945. The second round match against Ipswich Town was at the Portman Road football ground in Ipswich on the 25th September and the final score this time, was 10-0 to Ipswich Town and as a result, Floriana were knocked out of the championship. The History of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Repair Ship. The Carpathia made her maiden voyage in 1903 from Liverpool to Boston, and continued on this route before being transferred to Mediterranean service in 1904. She spent most of World War II in the Mediterranean Sea … Britten described the voyage as at first "bloody boring", though there was later a "terrific gale" and even "ice bumping against the ship". She was not so lucky the second time. Page 4 . World War II. The burned out wreck of the Ausonia can be seen in the background. Sent with Australia Post Standard. During the period July 1947 to June 1949 she was based at Chatham, where she served as flagship to the Officer Commanding the reserve fleet there. After the display, HMS Ausonia dropped the families off back in Malta and immediately set sail for Greece but unfortunately had a luboil failure to one of the engine bearings and the ship was towed back into Grand Harbour for repairs. For the first time ever, Malta entered the European cup championship and on the 18th September 1962, Floriana played Ipswich Town in the first round of the European cup championship at the Empire Stadium in Gzira. The aircraft carrier SMS Ausonia was a concept of the imperial navy for an aircraft steamer to have at sea a floating platform for reconnaissance aircraft. On the 13th November 1965, she left Portsmouth for the last time, under tow for Castellon and the cutting torches of the scrap yard. HMS Ausonia Fleet Repair Ship - HMS Ausonia In the middle of February 1942, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Ausonia sailed south to Bermuda where she carried out patrols in the Sargasso Sea but now, with the increasing need for repair and depot ships, the Ausonia’s role was about to change. Once this had been completed, the Ranpura’s crew themselves transferred to the Ausonia and the latter’s steaming crew, who had brought her to Malta, took Ranpura back to Devonport. In September 1964 she was laid up at Portsmouth, and in August 1965 she was sold to be broken up at Castellón de la Plana, Spain. As a Royal Navy physical instructor, he had been invited to train the Floriana football team and through his efforts, they went on to win the Maltese championship. In June 1962, HMS Ausonia became the flagship of the Flag Officer Mediterranean Flotillas. John Robert Knighton - now aged 90 – born 21.8.1913. HMS Ausonia medfoba cycle ride in 1962 Ship sailed from Malta to Naples in Italy. Whilst there, a group of us including the ships dentist, left the ship and cycled all the way down the coast of Italy past the Isle of Capri and visiting Pompei. Welcome to my eBay shop. HMS Ausonia Fleet Repair Ship - HMS Ausonia In the middle of February 1942, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Ausonia sailed south to Bermuda where she carried out patrols in the Sargasso Sea but now, with the increasing need for repair and depot ships, the Ausonia’s role was about to change. Page 1. Ausonia was built in Newcastle by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., launched on 22 March 1921, and completed in June. Jul 16, 2020 - Explore Tazz Talbot's board "1x Unicorn Carrier (L72)", followed by 390 people on Pinterest. You are bidding on military ship in excellent condition . Brother of Sg.Lt.Cdr. hms ausonia THIS MUG CAN BE PERSONALISED AT NO EXTRA COST, BUT PLEASE LIMIT WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY. Show more. 7,907: Ausonia (2) 1922 Dugald Lorne Carmichael, RNVR. Convoy HX 107 cruising order. She made her maiden voyage on 31 August 1921 from Liverpool to Montreal, and the following season went into service on the London-Canada route. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. During World War II, when Malta was under siege, Manoel Island and its fort were used as a naval base by the Royal Navy's 10th Submarine Flotilla, at which time it was referred to as "HMS Talbot" or "HMS Phœnicia". HMS Ausonia was towed to Devonport and had a further refit. See more ideas about Royal navy aircraft carriers, Royal … CO. Galileo, Vandyke, Vauban SHAW SAVILL CO. Anazi Aotea Arawa Bebington Elizabeth Graham Forfarshire Glenlora Golden Sea Halcione Helen Denny Hermione Himalaya Hudson Karamiea Kumara Lady Jocelyn Langstone Lutterworth Mamari Maori (2) Matatua Shortly afterwards she was moved to Greenock, where she became part of the reserve fleet. There are a total of [ 51 ] WW2 British Warships and Submarines entries in the Military Factory. During the period July 1947 to June 1949 she was based at Chatham, where she served as … Continue reading "HMS Ausonia Post World War II" Local escort for this section was HMCS Elk, which remained till 15:00 that same day.Ocean escort was HMS Ausonia (Captain G. Freyberg), in station between columns 4 and 5. AU $284.00. shipping: + AU $38.00 shipping . HMS Ausonia, Med in 1962. A major refit on the ship began in 1951 which was not completed until 1954. The final score was 4-1 to Ipswich Town. 13,984: Ausonia (1) 1909: ex- Tortona, 1911 taken over with Thomson Line renamed Ausonia, 1918 torpedoed and sunk by gunfire off Fastnet; loss of 44 lives. She had given a total of 44 years’ service and so past the last of the Cunard White Star, A Class liners. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). 1930s Gieves of Bond Street London ladies silver the wooden plaque has the emblem of hms ausonia. The US Navy Balao Class submarine, USS Piper seen here reversing out of her moorings in the Grand Harbour, Malta sometime in 1963. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RMS_Ausonia&oldid=998954857, World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom, Articles needing additional references from April 2018, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Geared turbines, 8,500 shp (6,338 kW), twin, This page was last edited on 7 January 2021, at 20:20. There then followed 2 weeks of hard work as all the stores and equipment were transferred from the Ranpura to the Ausonia, the former vessel rising higher out of the water and the latter sank lower as the heavy equipment was moved from one ship to the other. Married Ethel in 1937 – first child born July, 1939. Her future looked very uncertain, but a reprieve came with the decision to use her as a replacement for HMS Ranpura, which was at this time, the heavy repair ship in Malta. The first two AMC’s to be earmarked for this role were the … Continue reading "HMS Ausonia Fleet Repair Ship" In 1962, Chief Petty Officer James Wilson from HMS Ausonia, was featured in several articles in the Maltese newspapers. This remarkable old ship was … Continue reading "In memory of HMS Ausonia and her … Page 3 . October 1935: HMS Barham at Alexandria, Egypt. In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing survivors of the rival White Star Line's RMS Titanic after the latter struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of between 1,490 and 1,635 lives in the North Atlantic Ocean. On 3 June 1942 the Ausonia was converted to a repair ship. The convoy had air escort while it was forming … Years indicate year of entry into Cunard service. HMS Ausonia was used for target practise because she was one of the few warships left in the Royal Navy that had a strong enough steel hull to withstand the blows. In June 1958, Captain Kerby asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what the estimated cost of the refits for HMS Ausonia had been during the financial years 1953 to 1958. The Chapel of St. Anthony was destroyed following a direct hit by Luftwaffe bombers in March 1942. The work was extensive and it included the fitting of new boilers which had been taken from an old destroyer. HMS Ausonia left the East Indies fleet on the 14th June 1946 and returned to the UK where her crew were paid off. The next few years were spent either in Chatham or in Scotland. I am a specialist dealer in wartime and military postal history and letters, you will see material which includes censored mail, military post, military and wartime postal stationary, V mail and airgraphs and much much more. 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