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HMS Cambridgeshire
HMS Cambridgeshire was built as a 443 ton trawler in 1935 and in August 1939 was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and fitted with a 4 inch gun, machine guns and depth chargers as an anti-submarine vessel. HMS Cambridgeshire was involved in the Lancastria Incident in June of 1940 when the Lancastria was bombed and sunk of St Naziare by German bombers. The Cambridgeshire helped pick up about a thousand survivors. She survived the war became the 'Kingston Sapphire', resuming her fishing duties. She was scrapped in 1954.
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List of those who served on HMS Cambridgeshire during The Second World War
- John Henry Rossiter Read his Story.
- F. James Turner Read his Story.
John Henry Rossiter Cambridgeshire Regiment
My father, John Rossiter served on H M S Cambridgeshire. Stephen Turner's discription of a wooden presentation barrel, on ths site, sounds like the one I have in my possesion. So it would seem possible his Grand Father could have served with my father. I would like any information regarding this ship or crew. I really do hope I can get a little further on with my search.
F. James Turner HMS Cambridgeshire
During the Lancastria incident of June 17th 1940 HMS Cambridgeshire was involved in the rescue of about a thousand men. My grandfather F.J.Turner (James) was serving on the Cambridgeshire, one of the men he rescued was Lord Inverclyde (I think he was King George VI's cousin) on return to England he presented his rescuer with a round rosewood box full of cigarettes with a silver plaque on the front engraved with the words "To F.J.Turner RNR HMS Cambridgeshire St. Nazaire to Plymouth 17th to 19th June 1940 from a grateful passenger Inverclyde/Scots Guards"
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