Sank in Two Minutes
Heroes Remember - The First World War
Sank in Two Minutes
Transcript
I went up then there to the North Sea. Went out from
Edinborough. Well I was on the Loch Maree and we only had,
we hadn't had supper but they put a small (inaudible) on them see,
boats they done up from fishing daggers, you know, armed them
and I was up with the wheel and they were down getting their
supper, see, the captain and the mate and he come up. He had his
mate come up and he said, “Did you ever, (I was only a young
fellow) did you ever see one go down?”, he said. And I said,
“No.” Well he says, “there's one there, look!” Just like that.
That's the first thing I seen. She was only about 100 yards away
I would say. She had a load of ore in and when I seen her she
turned away only a bit of the stern left. It went that quick,
about two minutes I would say. And everything went on her, two
men, we got two men out of that one. And they shift me to
another place, for I had to go on there and leave and go get
training see. Actually gunnery it was and Tuesday morning I was
on it six months. I leave there Sunday. Tuesday morning she
went. Everything gone.
Description
Mr. Andrews describes being in a convoy aboard HMS Loch Maree and, for the first time, seeing a ship sink. He transfers to the minesweeper HMS John Barry, and two days later the Loch Maree is lost with all hands.
Meta Data
- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 2:05
- Person Interviewed:
- George Andrews
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- First World War
- Branch:
- Navy
- Rank:
- Ordinary Seaman
- Occupation:
- Gunner
- Date modified: