No 2 - Nailsea and District Local History Society

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“I hope to publish a book about the clockmakers of Somersetand Bristol 1650-1900 next year”.The following is from a letter written to the EDITOR by HenryABBOTT 26 Bendysh Road Bushey Watford :-The SS Nailsea Meadow, a Gunner's wartime voyageby Henry AbbottThe NAILSEA MEADOW's displacement was approximately 9,500tons quite a good size for a cargo ship, I am not sure how manycrew members were aboard but there were two R.N. Gunnersand four army gunners of whom I was one. Our relations withthe crew and officers was good.The armament was one 12 pounder which the R.N. operated ifnecessary mounted on the rear of the ship and two Oerlikon50mm machine guns mounted on either side of the bridge.Our voyage was from Swansea to Montreal with a cargoofanthracite. We set sail Mid November 1941. The convoyassembled near the Firth of Clyde and the voyage across theAtlantic was uneventful as far as action by the enemy wasconcerned. This was probably because of the bad weather weencountered.When we got near the Canadian coast The Nailsea Meadow leftthe convoy and sailed to Montreal up the St Lawrence riverwhere we had ten days of freedom while the ship was beingunloaded, and cleaned, to receive a cargo of wheat .After this we went back on board the Nailsea Meadow and shesailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia to join a convoy forming there.18
Once again we were lucky in that the weather was bad as wesailed a northern route that took us near to Iceland to avoidenemy aircraft. Eventually we docked in London.I spent 27 days on board the Nailsea Meadow but after 50 years Iregret that I cannot remember much about her(Editor's Note - The Nailsea Meadow was not the only shipbearing the name of the village. In later editions we shall meetthe SS Nailsea Court and HMS Nailsea).19
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