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ss CITY OF CAIRO

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  1 user online                         The Ellerman Hall vessel ss CITY OF CAIRO torpedoed on 6th November 1942

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Here are some more photos. If you have any that you would like to add please get in touch. I do have photos on all of the other pages on the site and I hope you find them of interest.


All the photos below are copyright © and courtesy of Ralph Barker unless otherwise stated.
lounge

The lounge/music-room

cabin

Double-bedstead cabin

Courtesy and © of Glasgow Archives

the card room

The card-room

Courtesy and © of Glasgow Archives

cabin view

Single-bedstead cabin

Courtesy and © Glasgow Archives

view of the music-room/lounge

The lounge/music-room

Courtesy and © Glasgow Archives

another view of the music-room/lounge

The lounge/music-room

Below are some photos of passengers and crew.

Joan Redl

Joan Redl

Lady May Almond

Lady May Almond

Dr Marjorie Miller

Dr. Marjorie Miller

The Simms family

The Simms Family

Stubbs and Quantrill

4th Officer B.Stubbs and Dr. D.Quantrill

Eileen Simms, with Mary and Esther (Left) and Lisa and David.

Gunner Kennie MacLennan RN

D.E.M.S. R.N. Gunner
Kennie MacLennan. 6 July 1941.

ss CITY OF CAIRO

ss CITY OF CAIRO wearing the colours of Bucknall Line.

Photo of Kennie MacLennan by William McRobbie and courtesy of Ann Roots. Photo of ss CITY OF CAIRO from author's file.

Courtesy of Denis Ironside

Quartermaster Robert Ironside

Quartermaster Robert Ironside

Two seamen who died in No.1 lifeboat.

Left Robert Ironside who died aged 29 on 19th November 1942.

Right Thomas McCall who died aged 44 on 21st November 1942.

Courtesy of Tom Miller-McCall

Capt Thomas Dunlop McCall

Capt Thomas Dunlop McCall as a Cadet circa 1915 - 1918

Alfred Donald Miller

A. Donald Miller

Dr. Marjorie Miller

Dr. Marjorie Miller

Alfred Donald Miller

A. Donald Miller

The photos above kindly supplied by Margaret Bird niece of A. Donald Miller.

Robert (Tiny) Watts

Left - Robert (Tiny) Watts

Robert (Tiny) Watts

Robert (Tiny) Watts who died aged 31 on 19th November 1942

I am grateful to Rebecca Deacon for the photos (left) and (right) of her grandfather Robert (Tiny) Watts who died in No.1 Lifeboat.

Bob and Ivy Watts

Robert and Ivy Watts

Courtesy of Irene Powell
(Rene Nuttall) daughter of John

Ship's Butcher John Nuttall

Ship's butcher John Nuttall
Lost at sea 14th November 1942

Courtesy of Laura Porterfield

Gunner Hugh M. Porterfield RN

D.E.M.S. R.N. Gunner
Hugh M. Porterfield. 1922 - 2001

Courtesy of Will McArthur

Assistant Engineer David Dick

Assistant Engineer David Dick
23 April 1919 - 1 July 2008

Courtesy of Janet Broomhall

William C. Solomon

William C. Solomon
Lost at sea 4th December 1942

Courtesy of Sarah Quantrill

photo of Second Engineer Bob Gerner

Second Engineer Bob Gerner

Courtesy of Carol Compton

Purser Francis McQuone

Purser Francis B. McQuone.
Lost at sea 18th November 1942







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