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Scottish built royal yacht of Sarawak
SS Vyner Brooke was a Scottish-built steamship that was both the royal yacht of Sarawak and a merchant ship frequently used between Singapore and Kuching
SS_Vyner_Brooke
3rd Rajah of Sarawak
Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke (26 September 1874 – 9 May 1963) was the last rajah of Sarawak from 1917 until his abdication in 1946. His cession of
Charles_Vyner_Brooke
Australian nurse, missionary, Australian Army nurse
advance. In February 1942, Halligan was evacuated from Singapore on the SS Vyner Brooke. Together with 65 Australian nurses and over 250 civilian men, women
Clarice_Halligan
Scottish shipyard
Prince Youssouf Kamal of Egypt SS Vyner Brooke (1928), for the Rajah of Sarawak, named after Sir Charles Vyner Brooke Mercator (1934), a barquentine for
Ramage_&_Ferguson
Australian Army nurse
defeat, and, on 12 February, Bullwinkel and 65 other nurses boarded the SS Vyner Brooke to escape. Two days later, the ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Vivian_Bullwinkel
1841–1946 kingdom on northern Borneo
of the Allies had surrendered in Java. A steamship of Sarawak, the SS Vyner Brooke, was sunk while evacuating nurses and wounded servicemen in the aftermath
Raj_of_Sarawak
Retrieved 31 July 2013. Allen, Tony; Vleggeert, Nico (17 July 2013). "SS Vyner Brooke (+1942)". WreckSite. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021
List of maritime disasters in World War II
List_of_maritime_disasters_in_World_War_II
Calendar year
serious damage to the refinery, but the oil stores are set ablaze. The SS Vyner Brooke, Scottish steamship, is bombed and sunk by Japanese planes while evacuating
1942
Australian Army matron (1905-1942)
to Australia on a ship carrying hundreds of women and children, the SS Vyner Brooke. The ship was struck by a bomb in the Bangka Strait. Paschke's life
Olive_Paschke
Australian writer
just before it fell to the Japanese Army. The boat she was on, the SS Vyner Brooke, was bombed from the air and sunk; Jeffrey was shipwrecked. The survivors
Betty_Jeffrey
Australian nurse (1916–2001)
Oram was evacuated from Singapore in February 1942 and was aboard the SS Vyner Brooke when the ship was sunk in Bangka Strait by Japanese aircraft. After
Wilma_Oram
British chorale conductor (1905–1989)
evacuated to Perth in Australia. She was also evacuated but her ship, SS Vyner Brooke, was bombed and destroyed. She was interned in a Japanese prisoner
Norah_Chambers
Ocean liner
SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service
SS_Normandie
of the Allies had surrendered in Java. A steamship of Sarawak –the SS Vyner Brooke– was sunk while evacuating nurses and wounded servicemen in the aftermath
Military_of_historic_Sarawak
Turkish cargo ship
SS Kurtuluş was a Turkish cargo ship, which became famous for her humanitarian role in carrying food aid during the famine Greece suffered under the Axis
SS_Kurtuluş
United States Navy Gato-class submarine
USS Greenling (SS-213), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the greenling. Commissioned in 1942, Greenling
USS_Greenling_(SS-213)
Submarine of the United States
USS Shark (SS-174) was a Porpoise-class submarine, the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the shark. Shark′s keel was laid down by the
USS_Shark_(SS-174)
Scottish-built bulk carrier
SS Barossa was a steam bulk carrier built in Scotland in 1938 for the Adelaide Steamship Company of South Australia. In 1942 she was burnt out in the Japanese
SS_Barossa
Italian steamship sunk during WW2
SS Tembien was an Italian steamship sunk during the Second World War. She had been built in Germany in 1914 and served under a number of names before joining
SS_Tembien
Tambor class submarine
USS Thresher (SS-200) was the most decorated United States Navy submarine of World War II, with 15 battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation. Thresher
USS_Thresher_(SS-200)
SS City of Bradford was a British passenger and cargo steamship that was built in Yorkshire in 1903, renamed Donau in 1916, reverted to City of Bradford
SS_City_of_Bradford
SS Monagas was a Venezuelan tanker that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-502 in the Gulf of Venezuela 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Punta Macolla
SS_Monagas
World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
SS_Empire_Fusilier
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Hoboken, N.J. as SS Comet on 26 May 1939; launched on 16 December 1939, acquired by the Navy on
USS_Pollux_(AKS-2)
SS Wheatland Montana was a cargo steamship built in 1919 by Skinner & Eddy of Seattle for the United States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding
SS_Wheatland_Montana
26 July 2015. EFC Design 1095: Illustrations (Outboard profile, deck house plan, includes photo of Blue Hen State] Wreck of SS President Taylor (1942)
SS_President_Taylor
Brazilian-owned cargo ship that went missing in WW2
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
Brazilian cargo ship Cabedello
Brazilian_cargo_ship_Cabedello
S-class submarine of the United States
USS S-17 (SS-122) was an S-3-class, also referred to as a "Government"-type, submarine of the United States Navy. The "Government"-type had a length of
USS_S-17
British ship sunk in Plymouth Sound in 1945. Now a dive site
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
SS_Persier_(1918)
immigration of Chinese as peasant farmers. During the era of Charles Vyner Brooke (1917–1946), he continued his predecessor's policy of promoting land
Economy_of_Sarawak
American oil tanker launched in 1918
steamer SS Poza Rica northwest of Cape Hatteras. Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: S.S. W
SS_W._L._Steed
United States-flagged merchant vessel
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
SS_Portmar_(1919)
British passenger ship (1900–1949)
SS Lake Champlain was a British passenger ship that is best known for being the first British merchant ship to be equipped with Marconi radio apparatus
SS_Lake_Champlain_(1900)
Motor ship of the Philippines used by US Army, bombed and wrecked in 1942 (WW2)
procurement locally of vital supplies. Ships of the Pensacola convoy and SS President Polk had been diverted first to Brisbane and then with supplies
Don_Isidro
Canadian ocean liner
Malayan soldiers. The last convoy of evacuees leaving Singapore included SS Sing Kheng Seng of the Straits Shipping Company, carrying 45 crewmen from
RMS_Empress_of_Asia
Steam tanker built in 1920
SS China Arrow was a steam Arrow-class tanker built in 1920 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy for Standard Oil Co., with intention of transporting
SS_China_Arrow
Tanker ship built in 1936
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
SS_R.P._Resor
SS Miraflores was a freighter lost on 19 February 1942. The ship left New Orleans on 6 February 1942 with a crew of 34 and made an intermediate stop in
SS_Miraflores
War crimes and massacres in World War II (1939–1945)
June 1944 Canadian soldiers captured by the SS and murdered by 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. SS General Kurt Meyer (Panzermeyer) sentenced to
War_crimes_in_World_War_II
Auxiliary patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
HMS_Li_Wo
British ship built in 1867
Retrieved 25 March 2013. Allen, Tony; Lettens, Jan (22 December 2012). "SS Struma (Струма) (+1942)". WreckSite.eu. Retrieved 25 March 2013. "Xantha"
MV_Struma
10,224 GRT Cargo liner
until 1949, when she was scrapped at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. "Launched 1911: ss TALTHYBIUS". Clydesite. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved
SS_Talthybius_(1911)
Area in the East End of London, England
January 2025. "Ted Johns". The Daily Telegraph. Obituary. 14 May 2004. Brooke, Mike (2 October 2017). "Even Thames Armada and sheep couldn't stop Docklands
Isle_of_Dogs
1942 maritime attack in the Black Sea
Shch-213. Lord Moyne SS Exodus – a former US packet ship carrying 4,515 Jewish refugees who were denied entry to Palestine in 1947. SS Patria — a French-built
Struma_disaster
American cargo ship
SS Mauna Loa was a steam-powered cargo ship of the Matson Navigation Company that was sunk in the bombing of Darwin in February 1942. She was christened
SS_Mauna_Loa
SS British Consul was a tanker built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland in 1924 and operated by the British Tanker Company. British Consul was
SS_British_Consul
1st class submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy
1415, I-23 battle-surfaced on the Richfield Oil Company's 6,771-ton tanker SS Agwiworld at 37N, 122W, firing a total of 14 shells, but missed the zigzagging
Japanese_submarine_I-23
Cargo steamship that served in both World Wars
SS Ariosto was a cargo steamship. She was launched in England in 1902 as Báró Fejérváry for an Austro-Hungarian shipping company. The Imperial Russian
SS_Ariosto
Australian cargo and passenger steamship sunk in the bombing of Darwin
SS Zealandia, nicknamed "Z" (or "Zed"), was an Australian cargo and passenger steamship. She served as a troopship in both World War I and World War II
SS_Zealandia_(1910)
SS Cassimir was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I. She was laid down at yard number 1531
SS_Cassimir
United States Army transport ship sunk in Darwin Harbour
NavSource. Retrieved 28 December 2011. Naval History and Heritage Command. "S.S. West Lewark (American Freighter, 1921)". Online Library of Selected Images
USAT_Meigs
as an air-defense ship for the Royal Netherlands Navy during World War II. SS Schouten was originally a passenger ship for the KPM. She was stationed in
HNLMS_Schouten
British report on Brunei
that the Brooke regime will change hands and that the establishment of Sarawak rule in Brunei will be handled by Rajah Muda Charles Vyner Brooke, who was
Report_On_Brunei
British tanker
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
SS_Empire_Celt
Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer sunk in Malta
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
HMS_Maori_(F24)
Day of the year
Hine, American photographer and activist (died 1940) 1874 – Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Raj of Sarawak (died 1963) 1875 – Edmund Gwenn, English-American
September_26
Month of 1942
troopship SS President Taylor grounded on the coral reef at Canton Island and could not be salvaged despite extensive efforts. Sarawakian steamship Vyner Brooke
February_1942
Nes was sent to Belitung, where she had to rendez-vous with the KPM ship SS Sloet van der Beele. Together they continued to Tanjung Pandan, to evacuate
HNLMS_Van_Nes_(1930)
Steam tanker built in 1921
SS India Arrow was a steam Arrow-class oil tanker built in 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts for Standard Oil Co., with
SS_India_Arrow
French cruiser submarine (launched 1929)
HM Submarine X1 HMS M2 (1918) Japanese I-400-class submarine USS Dorado (SS-248), a US submarine sunk in the same area under similar circumstances List
French_submarine_Surcouf
Month of 1946
Essex Died: George Arliss, 77, Oscar-winning British actor Charles Vyner Brooke, the "White Rajah" of the State of Sarawak, ceded the state's sovereignty
February_1946
Australian merchant vessel
Feb: HMS Tempest 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke 15 Feb: Ariosto, HNLMS Van Ghent 16 Feb: Monagas, Ruthenia 17 Feb: USS Detector
MV_Koolama
Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 480. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "SS Blink (+1942)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 October 2011. "U-boats' Victims Off
List of shipwrecks in February 1942
List_of_shipwrecks_in_February_1942
Destroyer of the Royal Navy
Everitt Albert "Eddie" Skerritt. At least 21 survivors were shipped home on the SS Ceramic from Sydney, New South Wales 25 May 1942 to Norfolk, Virginia (via
HMS_Electra_(H27)
British government recognitions
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Bt GCVO KCB His Highness Charles Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak The Rt. Hon. Sir John Anthony Cecil Tilley KCMG CB
1927_Birthday_Honours
Gleaves-class destroyer
escorting Augusta. On 8 April, the destroyer sighted the British oil tanker SS Davila. One minute later, the two ships collided — Davila's bow struck Wilkes
USS_Wilkes_(DD-441)
Japanese Junsen type submarine-class
Indian Ocean raid. On 5 April, the ship sank the United States merchant ship SS Washingtonian. On 5 June, I-5 was transferred to the Aleutian Islands campaign
Japanese_submarine_I-5
Imperial Japanese Navy J2 type submarine
S. Navy to order three submarines — USS Stingray (SS-186), USS Halibut (SS-232), and USS Trigger (SS-237) — to lie in wait for I-6 during her patrol, but
Japanese_submarine_I-6
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English
English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, Aslak, found in Norfolk; it is from the Old Norse personal name Ãslákr, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + leikr ‘game’, ‘fight’.
Surname or Lastname
North German
North German : topographic name from Middle Low German plas ‘place’, ‘open square’, ‘street’.South German (also Pläss) : from a short form of the medieval personal name Blasius.English : variant of Place 3.
Male
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements �ss "god, divinity" and bjorn "bear," hence "divine-bear."
Male
Norse
 Old Norse name composed of the elements �ss "god, divinity," and valdr "power, rule," hence "divine power" or "divine ruler."
Male
Arthurian
, (the first); father of sir Kai.
Male
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements �ss "god" and geirr "spear," hence "god-spear." Equivalent to Old High German Ansgar.
Female
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements áss "god" and laug "betrothed woman," hence "God-betrothed woman."
Male
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements �ss "god" and ketill "cauldron, kettle," hence "divine kettle."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman French personal name Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse Ãsketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘kettle’, ‘helmet’ (see Haskell, Askin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so named from the Old English personal name Lēofa (genitive form) + næss ‘promontory’.North German : patronymic from Leven 2.
Male
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements �ss "god, divinity," and mundr "protection," hence "divine protection."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Guest.South German (Güss) : topographic name for someone who lived near a torrent or on a flood plain, from Middle High German güsse ‘flood’, ‘flooding’.German : variant of Geis.
Male
Norse
Old Norse legend name of a dwarf who almost married Thor's daughter Thrud, ALVÃSS means "all wise."
Male
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements áss "divinity, god," and gautr "Gaut," hence "divine Gaut."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Claines in Worcestershire, named from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + næss ‘headland’.
Female
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the elements áss "god" and friðr "beautiful," hence "divine beauty."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area (see Fenn).South German : occupational name for an ensign or standard bearer, from Middle High German vener, an agent derivative of Middle High German vane ‘flag’. See also Fenrich.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name from Old French vignour, vigneur, vigneaur, Anglo-French viner ‘wine-grower’ (see also Vine).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Wiener.
Female
Icelandic
Icelandic short form of longer Nordic names beginning with the element áss, ÃSA means "god."
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