Post by Administrator on May 20, 2016 0:59:41 GMT
Paddle Steamer Barry Update.
The remarkable story of HMS Snaefell her Royal Naval Service name WW2 is hopefully going to be remembered this year as the town of Barry in South Wales pays tribute to one of her own. The vessel was lost during World War two, off the North East coast. She was a paddle steamer, which saw service in both the First and Second World Wars and was bombed and sank in 1941, and all trace was lost, although we have had historic artefacts returned to her home town.
Her heroic maritime life story began in 1907 she was both built as the Paddle Steamer Barry in 1907 and named after the town for the Barry Railway Company, as a pleasure steamer.
But by 1914 she was being used for war service transporting German prisoners before being used in the Mediterranean and carrying troops for the ill-fated Gallipoli landings. Much of the First World War she was known as Barryfield.
In 1926 she was renamed the Waverley but by the Second World War she was called up to serve her country again and became HMS Snaefell based in North Shields. Before being sunk in the raid on July 5, 1941 HMS Snaefell served at Dunkirk and was one of the last to leave with her precious cargo of 981 soldiers.
The loss of life, three were killed and nine wounded ensures the wreck as a war grave and Barry will remember both the loss of our vessel and her Royal Navy casualties both in July of this year and on July 5th, 75 years on.
Those that have assisted in tribute and remembrance of the PS Barry before and all organisations and officials that hopefully, will aid the town to remember further will be contacted shortly.
Previous BBC report. LINK
The remarkable story of HMS Snaefell her Royal Naval Service name WW2 is hopefully going to be remembered this year as the town of Barry in South Wales pays tribute to one of her own. The vessel was lost during World War two, off the North East coast. She was a paddle steamer, which saw service in both the First and Second World Wars and was bombed and sank in 1941, and all trace was lost, although we have had historic artefacts returned to her home town.
Her heroic maritime life story began in 1907 she was both built as the Paddle Steamer Barry in 1907 and named after the town for the Barry Railway Company, as a pleasure steamer.
But by 1914 she was being used for war service transporting German prisoners before being used in the Mediterranean and carrying troops for the ill-fated Gallipoli landings. Much of the First World War she was known as Barryfield.
In 1926 she was renamed the Waverley but by the Second World War she was called up to serve her country again and became HMS Snaefell based in North Shields. Before being sunk in the raid on July 5, 1941 HMS Snaefell served at Dunkirk and was one of the last to leave with her precious cargo of 981 soldiers.
The loss of life, three were killed and nine wounded ensures the wreck as a war grave and Barry will remember both the loss of our vessel and her Royal Navy casualties both in July of this year and on July 5th, 75 years on.
Those that have assisted in tribute and remembrance of the PS Barry before and all organisations and officials that hopefully, will aid the town to remember further will be contacted shortly.
Previous BBC report. LINK
