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'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« on: Sunday 10 January 10 02:24 GMT (UK) »
Thought some may be interested in this:
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Re: 'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 10 January 10 02:38 GMT (UK) »

How cool is that ?

Thanks Ruskie !  :)

Sister Ellen Savage was the only Nursing Sister from the 12 on board to survive, they spent 35 hours drifting on rafts before being found by a RAAF Anson aircraft, who homed the US Destroyer Mugford to their rescue. Ellen Savage although badly wounded herself, assisted other survivors to have her heroism later rewarded with a George Medal.
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Re: 'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 10 January 10 02:43 GMT (UK) »


Forgot this ...
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Re: 'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 10 January 10 02:45 GMT (UK) »
Hi Annie,
Thanks for the piccy. I must say I didn't know much about this event till I heard that they thought they knew where the ship was, and located it very quickly at the end of last year.

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Re: 'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 10 January 10 02:51 GMT (UK) »


It was awful all those nurses died ... we were working on a project about them a couple of years ago ...
I'm sure I have a picture of Ellen Savage somewhere ... I'll see if I can find it ... if somebody doesn't already have one !  :)
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Re: 'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 10 January 10 03:05 GMT (UK) »
I have a pic of Ellen Savage, somewhere, if you need it Annie (have to dig around a bit  ::) )

My father was one of the very few survivors of the Centaur.

I'm pleased they have located the wreck. It will bring closure for many families.

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Re: 'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 10 January 10 03:11 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Lady Di on Sunday 10 January 10 03:05 GMT (UK)


My father was one of the very few survivors of the Centaur.



Di


ooooh, how exciting Di!  :o

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Re: 'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 10 January 10 21:00 GMT (UK) »
I don't know that I'd call it exciting Ruskie but it certainly is interesting to see actual pictures of the ship - albeit at a depth of 2 klms. She (the Centaur) appears to be in remarkably good condition considering the time she's been down there.

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Re: 'Centaur' - torpedoed Hospital ship (Australia)
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 10 January 10 22:31 GMT (UK) »
Yes, possibly wrong choice of word there Di.  :-[ I was implying that it was exciting that your father had survived. Couldn't think of another word at the time.  :-\

One of my partner's great uncles survived the sinking of the Lusitania and only a couple of weeks later was on another ship back to America. That must have been a difficult journey to embark upon ...
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