James Nourse Shipping Company

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Reference WMO/289781

Address:

National Maritime Museum

Romney Road

Greenwich

SE10 9NF

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Oak
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Rectangular oak board with rounded top; motif of James Nourse's house flag is a red diamond on a blue diagonal cross on a white ground. Church mouse carving is the mark of craftsman Robert Thompson. There are a total of 38 names.
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ROLL OF HONOUR 1939-45/ SS Jumna/ Built April 1939/ Lost by enemy action/ with all hands in the/ Atlantic about 25 Dec 1940/ (Names)/ Total loss of life: 109/ (Includes 91 Indians)/ SS Jhelum/ Built Aug 1936/ Torpedoed & sunk by German/ submarine 300 miles N.W. of/ Cape Verde Islands, 21 Mar 1941/ Survivors landed Fr Senegal after/ 14 days in the boats./ No European casualties./ Total loss of Life: 8/ 8 Indians./ SS Saugor/ Built March 1928/ Torpedoed & sunk by German submarine/ 3 days out from Oban, 27 Aug 1941./ (Names)/ Total loss of life: 59/ (Includes 41 Indians)/ M.V. Bhima/ Built 1 March 1939/ Torpedoed & sunk by enemy/ submarine 370 miles off/ Colombo. 20 Feb 1942/ All members of crew/ rescued after 3 days/ in the boats./ No casualties/ Loss of life: NIL/ SS Ganges/ Built Oct 1930/ Sunk by Japanese surface/ vessels & aircraft 20/ miles off Vizagapalam/ 6 April 1942. Survivors/ reached land after 24hrs/ in the boats./ (Names)/ Total loss of life: 15/ (Includes 11 Indians)/ M.V. Indus/ Built Feb 1940/ Sunk by German surface/ raider in Indian Ocean/ 20 July 1942. Survivors/ made POW's & liberated/ from Germany May 1945./ (Names)/ Total loss of life: 22/ (Includes 18 Indians)/ M.V. Sutley/ Built March 1940/ Torpedoed & sunk by/ Japanese submarine in/ Indian Ocean, Feb 1944/ Survivors rescued by HMS FLAMINGO after 49/ days in rafts./ (Names)/ Total loss of life: 49/ (Includes 35 Indians.)/ TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE 1939-1945 262 souls/ HONOURS AND AWARDS/ (Names)

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