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  • Originally posted by jembo
    I don’t know why a plaque to Captain Fegen is in Bermuda. There is no connection between him and the island,as far as I can see.
    Yeah...it's curious. The convoy they were escorting sailed from Halifax in Nova Scotia... no Bermuda connection there.

    Survivors from HMS Jervis Bay...

    Everything is self-evident.

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    • I think the memorial is to the ship not the man. Here it says the Jervis Bay departed from Hamilton on its last voyage:

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      • Originally posted by KatieMorag View Post
        I think the memorial is to the ship not the man. Here it says the Jervis Bay departed from Hamilton on its last voyage:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Jervis_Bay
        Yes ... you're right. Convoy HX 84 which Jervis Bay was escorting was actually two convoys which merged at sea before attempting the Atlantic crossing... one from Halifax and one from Bermuda.

        More on Jembo's monument here...

        There is a monument to Jervis Bay at Albouy's Point, in Hamilton, Bermuda, from where Jervis Bay had departed on her final mission. Bermuda was a formation point for trans-Atlantic convoys in both World Wars. During the Second World War, convoys formed at Bermuda and coded BHX merged at sea with those formed at Halifax, which were coded HX, before crossing the Atlantic as it was easier to protect one large convoy than two smaller.
        Everything is self-evident.

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