evacuation

Given the date on the photograph (September 25, 1940), I believe this may actually be a photograph of Lifeboat 12 from SS City of Benares. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_City_of_Benares "15 minutes after the torpedo hit, the vessel had been abandoned, though there were difficulties with lowering the lifeboats on the weather side of the ship. HMS Hurricane arrived on the scene 24 hours later, and picked up 105 survivors and landed them at Greenock. During the attack on the SS City of Benares, the SS Marina was also torpedoed. Hurricane mistakenly counted one of the lifeboats from the SS Marina for one of the lifeboats from SS City of Benares. As a result, Lifeboat 12 was left alone at sea. Its passengers had three weeks supply of food, but enough water only for one week. In the lifeboat were approximately 30 Indian crewmen, a Polish merchant, several sailors, Mary Cornish, Father Rory O'Sullivan (a Roman Catholic priest who had volunteered to be an escort for the evacuee children), and six evacuee boys from the CORB program. They spent eight days afloat in the Atlantic Ocean before being sighted from the air and rescued by HMS Anthony."

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Thanks!

My elderly father claims that his father picked up a lifeboat of survivors from the SS Marina (which was torpedoed along with the SS City of Benares) just off Tory Island. They'd been at sea for 8 (?) days. I can't find anything about this on the internet. Any idea how I can find out more about it - I tried searching the National Archives site but I'm a bit confused by all the different sections. Thanks, Trish

The people, I've noticed in many of the photos, still manage to raise a smile. We certainly had an enduring capacity to raleigh together in times of great adversity. Sadly, not so sure that would be the case now.

Train Ferry No. 2 ... ... "The ship was built by Armstrong, Whitworth & Company Ltd, Low Walker and launched in 1917. Along with her sister ships SS Train Ferry No. 1 and SS Train Ferry No. 3, they were the first vessels to offer regular transport between Britain and continental Europe for rail freight vehicles. They were ordered by the British Army to provide rail freight transport from Richborough harbour to the continent to sustain the war effort. They had four sets of rails along the train deck and used a link span to load when in harbour. On 1 February 1919 she was involved in the rescue of British and American soldiers from the American transport Narrangansett which had gone ashore on Bembridge Point, Isle of Wight.[2] In March 1922 she was sent to Ireland to expedite the transfer of surplus Army motor transport.[3] She made several voyages from Cork and Dublin to Liverpool but was back at Plymouth in December.[4] After their use by the British Army ended in 1922, they were purchased by the Great Eastern Railway ... ..." From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Train_Ferry_No._2

Short film of Train Ferry No. 2 (moving!) on a new route to Zeebrugge in 1924 - youtu.be/DsGjqI6WxDs

More information about the ferry and photos - www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/T-Ships/trainferryno21917.html

rubber tyres seem to be a popular transport item in the veh heck ells . beachcomber batting strong with the links today.

Cork ? If this was Lapps Quay, the customs base, there should be tram lines opposite on Albert Quay. I doubt this is Cork City.