SS Elysia

[dakoblue]

On 9 May, Aikoku Maru captured the Dutch tanker Genota (7,897 GWT) 480 miles SSE of Diego Suarez, Madagascar. On 5 June, she sank MV Elysia (6757 GWT), a British freighter carrying a number of Allied troops at 27-19S, 37-01E

While bound to India via the Cape of Good Hope, the Elysia, of 7,000
tons gross, was sighted by two Japanese raiders 350 miles
east-north-east of Durban on June 5, 1942. The liner altered course and
dropped smoke floats. The first raider then signalled "Stop ship
immediately," but Captain D. Morrison carried on at full speed for about
20 minutes. By this time an enemy ship was about two miles away on each
quarter; each vessel opened fire, and the Elysia was hit aft.

As the position had become hopeless the master decided to abandon ship,
and signalled accordingly. After several more salvoes the enemy ceased
firing. Boats were lowered and when all the passengers and crew had gone
the master left on a raft. A seaplane then appeared and dropped four
bombs, one of which hit the vessel. The raiders finally fired a torpedo,
and the Elysia sank by the stern soon afterwards.

jest tez wersja ze Elysia zostala zatopiona przez okret podwodny
ale ja mam pytanie jakie oddzialy byly zaokretowane na Elysii i co sie stalo z nimi i zaloga


ktos sie o to pytal pare lat temu i nie widzialem zeby dostal odpowiedz

Roger Jordans excellent book " Merchant Fleets 1939," mentions Elysia,
built 1908, 6757 tons, owned by Anchor Line, as having been sunk by Japanese
I-boat on the 9th June 1942, after being shelled by Japanese AMC's Aikoku
Maru and Hokoku Maru on the 5th. Does anybody know what became of her crew
after abandoning the ship, what was she doing sailing alone in the Indian
Ocean at this time in the war and what was the number of the I-boat which
found her hulk abandoned and sank her? Any information would be welcome.

[MiKo]

Eh, Dako ten dżnder Ci w głowie namieszał, nie Elysia tylko Elysium. To nie był żaden fighter (jak np. x-wing) tylko stacja orbitalna. Załogą dowodził niejaki Foster. Leciał o tym ostatnio film dokumentalny w kinie... trzeba było wyżyłować parę złociszy.

[MiKo]

Google się w Elblągu skończyli?

http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/battle_ondina.html
Eiichi Nakajima "Hokoku Maru - the unknown Q-ship" - Elysia (British, 6757 tons), shelled June 5 1942. Wreck was sunk by the submarine I-18 (Cdr. Otani) on the 9th.

http://warsailors.com/forum/read.php?1, ... #msg-53649
The crew numbered 136 which included 6 DEMS (3 RN and 3 Army) gunners. She was also carrying 58 passengers.
Casualties.
4 European crew
16 Lascar crew
1 Army DEMS gunner
4 passengers.

[MiKo]

http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/fi ... anuary.pdf

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[dakoblue]

to jest number of troops ?.cos niewiele
tez znalazlem ,dzieki

[MiKo]

To jest what became of her crew...
A tam byly jakies troops?

[dakoblue]

MV Elysia (6757 GWT), a British freighter carrying a number of Allied troops

sugerowalem sie tym