Memorial
to the Seaman on MV Luling |
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This
memorial is dedicated to the seaman who died on the MV Luling. |
MV Luling (South Shields) |
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The Luling had sailed early in March, 1945 from South Shields, to Trincomalee, where the tanker was to join a naval assault force for the Malayan beachhead landings. En route, they encountered a typhoon with heavy seas in the Indian Ocean. One of the seaman, Tommy, was swept overboard. The ship dropped out of the convoy and pattern-searched the seas for six hours, but he was never found. The accident happened on Friday, April 27, 1945, in the Indian Ocean, and is described in The Sampan Girl. |
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| Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, U.K., Panel 93, column 3 | |
| Cecil Thomas ALCHORNE (age18)
Able Seaman Royal Navy (D/JX 559894), from HMS President III, lost in MV Luling Son of Mrs. F. Allchorne; husband of Ida L. M. Allchorne, of Carrington, Nottinghamshire. |
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