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Letters: Torpedoing of SS Ormiston

Letter Writer · Sep 30, 2001 ·

Dear Editor, It was with considerable interest that I read your article “Torpedoing of S.S. Ormiston 1943″ by L.A. d’Alpuget, Lieut. RANVR (Rtd) in the Naval Historical Review Vol 21 ...

Torpedoing of SS Ormiston – 1943

d'Alpuget, L.A., Lieut., RANVR (Rtd.) · Dec 30, 2000 ·

On May 12, 1943, I was Captain of an anti-submarine Naval Auxiliary Patrol vessel, commissioned HMAS 539 (Topsy A), a heavy, converted fishing trawler driven by three engines. We were ...

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