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J.I. Olsen  to  R.F. Owens

Olsen, Johan Ingvald Son of Nils and Gustava Olsen; husband of Anna Jeannette Olsen, of Ula, Norway.	11.12.1892 Norway - 19.07.1944 [age 51] [Kingston (Up Park Camp) Military Cemetery, Jamaica, C.32]	T/Lt. 16.11.1940	(02.1941) HMS Gvas II (minesweeping trawler) * (12.1941) no appointment listed ? - 19.07.1944 HMS Texas * indexed, but not listed as such
Olsen *, Thorbjørn Son of Lars Martin Olsen and Mathilde Enersen, of Larvik, Norway; husband of Louise Pernille Olsen, of Larvik. * initially: Vasvik	03.06.1909 Norway - 09.03.1942 [age 42 ?] [Lowestoft Naval Memorial, panel 8, column 1]	T/Lt. (E) 19.08.1940	19.08.1940 - (02.)1941 [Commanding Officer?], HMS Svana (minesweeping trawler) 01.07.1941 - 09.03.1942 First Lieutenant, HMS Sotra (minesweeping trawler)
Onslow, Denzil Richard Cranley	? -	T/Lt. 28.06.1940 T/A/Lt.Cdr. 1944? (reld 1945/46) MID 13.04.1943 Operation Torch	(11.1942) HMS Westcott (destroyer) 15.05.1943 - (10.1944) CO HMS Poppy (corvette) 21.05.1945 - (07.1945) CO LST 3020
Ovenston, James McGill Son of William Ovenston and Janet McGill; married 18.11.1927 with Barbara Morison Diack (1905-1976); one son, one daughter.	03.02.1900 Elie, Fife, Scotland - 1976 Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Scotland	Prob. T/Lt. 12.02.1941 T/Lt. ?, seniority 12.02.1941 MBE 24.05.1940 action 21.01.40 * Lloyd's ? ?	served Merchant Navy: (01.1940)     Chief Officer, SS Ferryhill (Aberdeen Coal Company Ltd., Aberdeen) 12.02.1941 - (07.1945) served Royal Navy: 12.02.1941 - (02.1943) Examination Service, HMS Bacchante (RN base, Aberdeen) 06.1943 - (07.1945) served in the Mediterranean [click here for his details up to August 1943]: 02.06.1943 - 12.06.1943 RN base, Soussa 13.06.1943 - 17.08.1943 RN base, Pantellaria 18.08.1943 - 21.08.1943 RN base, Malta 22.08.1943 - ? HMS Melissa (auxiliary patrol repair vessel) (Augusta) 12.1944 - (07.1945) HMS Fabius (RN base, Taranto) (for sea transport duties, Ancona)
* S.S. "Ferryhill " was unarmed and had no wireless. She was proceeding to meet a north-bound convoy when in the early afternoon a mine exploded on her port bilge keel. The Chief Officer was on the boat-deck swinging out the boats, when he saw a great yellow flash which came up nearly to the bridge. He then saw smoke and a column of sea coming up like a water spout. One and perhaps two boilers had burst, and the ship broke in two; the forward end came up and the after end went down like a stone. She heeled right over, the stern came out of the sea and the funnel came off. The starboard boat slid across the boat-deck and was smashed in the water. The crew were amidships. The Steward, who was resting below, was killed. The Second Mate was badly wounded in the forehead. The Chief Engineer got his life-jacket on, but the rest must have been killed when the boat came across the deck. It was Second Engineer Grassie's watch below, but he had just come up to see how a job he had done was holding, and this saved him. The Chief Officer tried to save the Chief Engineer; he was blown across the deck and his forehead hit the derricks. He saw a door floating over the after end of the ship and told the Chief Engineer to come to it with him, but he stood there dazed. He himself now lost his hold on the door; he tried to get his sea-boots off, but his hands were numb with cold. Seeing Grassie in the water, he swam out to him; the ship went down. He took hold of Grassie, who was badly hurt, and together they hung on to the hatch until the minesweeper "Young Jacobs" came along. She threw some lines, with one of which the Chief Officer took a turn round Grassie to keep him up, and asked "Young Jacobs" if she had a ladder. They put the ladder overboard, and he went up, helping Grassie after him. They went down into the engine-room, and Grassie, who was frozen with cold, was brought round. They had been in the water some thirty-five minutes.
Owen, Trevor Lewis	? - [1959 still alive]	Lt. 31.12.1923 Lt.Cdr. 31.12.1931 Cdr. 30.06.1937 Capt. 30.06.1942 A/Cdre. 2nd cl. 14.07.1942 (retd > 07.1944) OBE 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 RD ? ?	(1942)     CO HMS Hilary (ocean boarding vessel) 14.07.1942 - (08.1942) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) - (04.1946) no posting listed
Owens, Sir Arthur Lewis	? - 06.07.1967	Cdr. 31,12,1924 Capt. 30.06.1931 (retd) - Kt 01.01.1943 New Year 43 RD ? ?	(1943)     Master, SS Orion 06.1943 - (06.1944) Commodore of Ocean Convoys [HMS Eaglet] (07.1945) - (04.1946) no posting listed       Master, Merchant Navy
Owens, Richard Frank	? - 05.11.1940 (KIA) [Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 40, column 1]	Prob. Midsh. 02.09.1939 Midsh. 1940?, seniority 02.09.1939	? - 05.11.1940 HMS Jervis Bay (armed merchant cruiser)

 

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