Hello Joan, Tuesday, August 9, 2005, 7:27:37 PM, you wrote: > Hello there, > Perhaps some kind soul can help me or put me in the right direction for > help. > On May 13th, 1916 my father was a sea scout out of Liverpool aboard the > ship R.M.S. (L?)ongarino of Plymouth. They had an encounter with a > submarine which circled them for days. Many instances firing shells at > them. To make a long story short, my father said the captain of this > ship was Captain Makepeace. He said their encounter occurred at > Long. 7 Lat. 50, have no idea where that might be. > Of further interest to me was my father saying, " The 1/4 master > hoisted the "red ensign" on the fore mast". After a time they hoisted > Red Burger over a Black Ball is flown from signal halyard. > The ship managed to return safely to Plymouth. My father wrote this > account as a young boy and put it in a bottle to throw overboard should > their ship sink. He wanted his mother to know what happened to him. > Any suggestions on what these signals meant or where this "Long. > 7..Lat. 50" is would be appreciated. > Thank you for any suggestions or help. > Joan > Across the pond > ==== LANCSLIFE Mailing List ==== > To change from List to Digest mode (or vice versa) or from one > e-mail address to another, unsubscribe then resubscribe. See > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/LANCSLIFE.html > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx Hi....If you could give me a little more information ( your father's name )perhaps i can help. -- Best regards, daftjack mailto:daftjack@riseup.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.5/67 - Release Date: 8/9/2005