Bristol Queen role in sinking of the Bismarck

[Robin1966]

Hi guys, I am attempting to find out more about the possible role that the Bristol Queen (formerly Leven) might have played in transporting German survivors from the sinking of the Bismarck. http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk ... stol-queen. According to the chap who owns it (its now being restored in Weston-super-Mare) Leven helped to transport the prisoners ashore, but I can't find any mention of this anywhere online.

There is this British Pathe News clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCl0G1jGb5kwhich shows some prisoners being offloaded at a port somewhere from a Red Cross boat that looks like it's about the size of the Leven, but almost certainly isn't it. However, there may have been more than one boat involved.

The National Historic Ships site says this: "When the Second World War broke out, LEVEN, under the command of Captain Alex McNab, was ordered to take Glasgow doctors to board the destroyer HMS VIVACIOUS which was going to the assistance of survivors from the torpedoed liner ATHENIA. She then helped to land the survivors. Later in the war, she helped bring ashore the first German prisoners."

So it seems that Leven was involved in the Athenia episode as well (1939).

Anyone know anything more about this?

[Polar bear]

hi,

..Later in the war, she helped bring ashore the first German prisoners."

Anyone know anything more about this?

I do not know anything more about this, but the (literally) FIRST German prisoners on British soil would be the crewmembers of http://www.uboat.net/boats/u39.htm

greetings, the pb