The hospital ship Moero

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Tiina
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Re: The hospital ship Moero

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Post by Tiina » 17 Oct 2018, 02:25

My mother, grandmother and my brother left Tallin on the Moero on 18th Aug 1944 to Poland I think. She ( the Moero) was bombed and sunk by the Russians. I too would love a copy of the passenger manifest.

hda_online
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Re: The hospital ship Moero

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Post by hda_online » 02 Feb 2019, 11:51

Hi, I guess this forum can help :D

I am currently researching based on an old diary of my grandpa who served as trainman around Reval im 1944. We wrote that he was evacuated from Reval by a ship called "Esperia" / 7.000to, leaving the port 22.Sept 1944 5:20am and joining a group of ships later. They were attacked by planes and 7 ships sank (one of them I assume was MOERO). His ship reached Libau 29.Sept.

I didn't find any information about such ship name that operated in the evacuation 22.Sept. Can one e.g. help with the complete list of ships leaving Reval 22.Sept 1944?

Cheers Horst


igorr
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Re: The hospital ship Moero

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Post by igorr » 04 Feb 2019, 04:13

Most ships leave Reval at in two main convoys around 10.30 and big ships are: EBERHARD ESSBERGER, TANGA, PETER WESSEL, ALETTA NOOT and hospital ship OBERHAUSEN. Also both MRS.11 and 12 served as troop transports. Also ships LAPPLAND, MOLTKEFELS and SUMATRA were with T.196/123, MOERO come with tender WISSMANN and T.139, and MALAGA with minelayers LINZ and BRUMMER, also RO.22 and ADELE TRABER with unknown to meescort. Some ships from Paldiski/Baltischport, not Revel.
From this all only MOERO was sunk. RO.22, ADELE TRABER, SUMATRA and MALAGA have damage but reached ports of destinations.
Only ships named ESPERIA were two italian, 11000+ and 364 grt. Both sunk in Meditherranean 1941.
There was ships with name ESPANA, with 7465 grt, but i have no data where she was 22.9.44.

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