tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347061617808133079.post5630400774440756796..comments2019-11-16T15:24:15.710-08:00Comments on The Jamie Leith Chronicles: HMS Leith. Grimsby class Sloop.Unsettled Sciencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06353081010412040638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347061617808133079.post-37960238758823051372016-08-10T11:05:29.438-07:002016-08-10T11:05:29.438-07:00It was not the Dutch Navy but the Danish who bough...It was not the Dutch Navy but the Danish who bought it and used Galathea on a worldwide sea expedition where they, among other things, found life at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347061617808133079.post-75448374326304360672013-06-20T15:31:11.197-07:002013-06-20T15:31:11.197-07:00My dad Eric Semmens was a telegraphist on the Leit...My dad Eric Semmens was a telegraphist on the Leith and visited lots of south sea islands before being called back to protect the convoys in the Atlantic. He was on the Leith when escorting SC7 when 20 ships out of 35 were sunk. The Leith picked up over 100 survivors so the crew had to sleep on deck - my dad contracted TB from that and had to leave the navy a few months later.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790944673396658505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347061617808133079.post-58039049464412944392013-03-16T06:34:44.988-07:002013-03-16T06:34:44.988-07:00My Great-Grandfather, Roland Charlton Allen RN was...My Great-Grandfather, Roland Charlton Allen RN was Commanding Officer of HMS Leith between Sept 1940 and March 1941. An excellent account of the famous U-Boat 'Wolf-Pack' attack on the Atlantic convoy SC7 that you mention is the book 'Night of the U-Boats' when HMS Leith was senior escort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com