Since no-one with greater knowledge has replied. Although other 'real' ships have borne the name, you are likely to be concerned with the HMS Pembroke that was the RNB (Royal Naval Baracks) Chatham. Google will provide you with a lot of general data, which is generally reliable, but obviously check specific data against original sources. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Yvonne <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Listers, > > I have a family photograph of a group of sailors all wearing sailor > uniforms with the hat band showing HMS Pembroke. > > One of the men on the photograph looks strikingly like my grandfather - he > was called Franics Malcolm born 1908 in Gateshead. He was in the Pioneer > Corp in WW11 so not sure how HMS Pembroke fits in. It could be a relative > of my grandfather but the likeness is uncanny. > > Can anyone tell me where or what HMS Pembroke was? Was it a training > establishment or was it an actual boat? > > Any leads would be great. > > Thank you > Yvonne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >