Tribute to Panama Canal Pilots by Allied Master Mariners
held as Prisoners of War at Marlag and Milag Nord
during World War II by Nazi Germany
Panama Pilots
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We, the undersigned Master Mariners, have during our enforced leisure here in Germany held many discussions on the subject of the worlds great engineering achievements. As a result of our combined knowledge and experience, and having taken all relevant facts into consideration, we unanimously agree that the Panama Canal with its locks, waterways and harbour facilities is one of the greatest of such feats. In addition, we have also agreed that is is without doubt the most efficient organisation of its kind of which we have knowledge. Still more important perhaps, from our point of view, is the smoothness with which a ship is passed through the Canal, and we should like to place on record our appreciation and gratitude to the Pilots and the Marine division as a whole -- not forgetting the heads of the various departments -- for their efficiency, courtesy and reliability when providing a safe and swift passage for vessels of all sizes and nationalities through this strategic waterway. |
| E. Griffiths | ss Gemstone | Great Britain | 06/04/42 | Stier |
| Frederick Pover | ss Empire Avocet | Great Britain | 09/29/42 | U-125 |
| S. Charles Wallace | ss Stella Lykes | USA | 07/27/42 | U-582 |
| E. Davies | ss Dalhousie | Great Britain | 08/09/42 | Stier |
| H. W. Weston | ss Kantara | Great Britain | 02/22/41 | Scharnhorst/Gniesenau |
| Frederick Tate | ss Empire Arnold | Great Britain | 08/04/42 | U-155 |
| George F. Smith | m/v King John | Great Britain | 07/13/40 | Widder |
| J. M. Jacobsen | s/t Malmanger | Norway | 08/09/40 | U-130 |
| Sigvart Andersen | ?/? Madrono | Norway | 07/04/42 | Thor |
| G. S. Hall | m/v Port Hobart | Great Britain | 11/24/40 | Admiral Scheer |
| Herbert S. Cox | tss Maimoa | Great Britain | 11/20/40 | Pinguin |
| Charles Parry | ss Harlesden | Great Britain | 02/22/41 | Gniesenau |
| T. W. Marrie | ss Peterton | Great Britain | 09/17/42 | U-109 |
| Ceaser H. Horn | ss Norman Queen | Great Britain | 03/08/41 | E boat |
| Robert S. F. Notman# | ss Athelfoam | Great Britain | 03/15/41 | Scharnhorst |
| Edward B. Pearce | ss Davisian | Great Britain | 07/10/40 | Widder |
| Robert Milliken | ss Sardinian Prince | Great Britain | 03/16/41 | Scharnhorst |
| Charles E. Bryan | m/v Indus | Great Britain | 07/20/42 | Thor |
| W. Chalmers | ss Domingo de Larrinaga | Great Britain | 07/31/40 | Pinguin |
| James R Anderson | m/n Simnia | Great Britain | 03/15/41 | Gniesenau |
| W. J. Downs | ss Reedpool | Great Britain | 09/20/42 | U-515 |
| Peter Evans | ss Automedon | Great Britain | 11/11/40 | Atlantis |
| Maurice E. Sadler | ss Empire Ranger | Great Britain | 03/27/42 | Aircraft |
| W. Wilson | ss Kent | Great Britain | ||
| Robert Redwood | ss Devon | Great Britain | 08/19/41 | Komet |
| Donald Hunt | ss Treminard | Great Britain | 08/2/42 | U-160 |
| N. Bulmer | ss Trelawney | Great Britain | 02/22/41 | Gniesenau |
| J. Douald | ss Mersington Court | Great Britain | 04/15/40 | Sunk Narvik |
| Christopher Yare | ss Salmonpool | Great Britain | 05/03/40 | Seized Saudafjord |
| Finn Abrahamsen | ss El Lago | USA (Panama) | 10/11/42 | U-607 and U-615 |
| Geoffrey Turner | ss British Advocate | Great Britain | 02/20/41 | Admiral Scheer |
| Lombe Atthill | ss British Union | Great Britain | 01/18/41 | Kormoran |
| W. George Lorains | ss Teesbank | Great Britain | 12/05/42 | U-128 |
| V. Eynon | ss Shaftesbury | Great Britain | 07/12/42 | U-116 |
| Anthony Potts | ss Royal Crown | Great Britain | 03/15/41 | Gniesenau |
| Alfred Hill | ss Mandasor | Great Britain | 01/24/41 | Atlantis |
| Hilmar J. Stenwick | ss Earlston | Great Britain | 07/04/42 | U-334 |
| Leon O. Everett | ss Willimantic | Great Britain | 06/24/42 | U-156 |
| Andrew Morrow | m/v Speybank | Great Britain | 01/31/41 | Atlantis |
| Radnavald Hansen | ss Carlton | USA | 07/05/42 | U-88 |
| Dugald Mac Cormick | ss Roslea | Great Britain | 10/28/41 | Wrecked Belgium |
| Harry Steele* | ss Port Brisbane | Great Britain | 11/21/40 | Pinguin |
| F. W. Bailey | ss Port Wellington | Great Britain | 12/01/40 | Pinguin |
| W. Gray Smith | tss Zamzam | Egypt | 04/17/41 | Atlantis |
| Richard Harvey | m/v Trevilley | Great Britain | 09/12/42 | U-68 |
| Harald Anderson | ss Stone Street | USA (Panama) | 09/13/42 | U-594 |
| Eric Monckton | ss Empire Starling | Great Britain | 11/23/42 | U-163 |
| J. R. Nicol | ss Glenlea | Great Britain | 11/07/42 | U-566 |
| T. L. Bradford | ss Nailsea Lass | Great Britain | 02/24/41 | U-48 |
| Stanley Algar | m/v Agnita | Great Britain | 03/22/41 | Kormoran |
| Rolf Endresen | m/s Tortugas | Norway | 11/18/42 | U-67 |
| G. Olsen## | m/v Havsten | Norway | 08/03/42 | U-160 |
| Henry Stephenson | m/s Santa Rita | USA | 07/09/42 | U-172 |
| Stuart Weatherston? | ss Lustrous | Great Britain | 02/22/41 | Scharnhorst |
| Albert Rhodes | m/v Triaster | Great Britain | 12/08/40 | Komet and Orion |
| Albert E. Woodcock | ss Tottenham | Great Britain | 06/17/41 | Atlantis |
| Norman R. Caird | ss Vimeira | Great Britain | 08/11/42 | U-109 |
| Edward Winter | ss Wendover | Great Britain | 07/16/40 | Thor |
| Henry R. Shotton | m/v San Casimiro | Great Britain | 03/15/41 | Gniesenau |
| H. C. Mc Dowall | ss A. D. Huff | Great Britain | 02/22/41 | Gniesenau |
| John Thompson | m/s Silverfir | Great Britain | 03/16/41 | Gniesenau |
| John E. Hughes | ss Triona | Great Britain | 12/06/40 | Komet and Orion |
| John B. Lawson | ss Holmbury | Great Britain | 05/05/43 | U-123 |
| David A. Addison | ss Empire Industry | Great Britain | 03/16/41 | Gniesenau |
| David S. Davies | ss St. Margaret | Great Britain | 02/27/43 | U-66 |
| Clement R Cooper | ss Afric Star | Great Britain | 01/29/41 | Kormoran |
Marlag and Milag Nord-- Westertimke -- Germany -- 1943
PRESENTED to the PANAMA CANAL PILOTS -- with the compliments of
Samuel S. Moore, Master Mariners, through the medium of Captain F. A. Strand,**
ex S.S. "Honomu" and former PANAMA CANAL PILOT ^ Still living March 2001
#Milag Camp leader
*The Master of the Port Brisbane (Emrys Oliver Thomas) died of wounds on German raider on 1st day of captivity.
##Sentenced to death as war criminal with other Norwegians from Operation Performance. Fate unknown.
**Sunk 07/05/42 by U-456
Sources:
Panama Pilots Scroll courtesy Captain Dean Bruch, Deanbru Marine, New Orleans, LA
Names of Masters and ships courtesy Gabe Thomas, President, Milag PoW Association, United Kingdom author of: MILAG - Captives of the Kriegsmarine
A Careless Word - A Needless Sinking: A History of the Staggering Losses Suffered by the U.S. Merchant Marine, both in Ships and Personnel, during World War II, Captain Arthur R. Moore, American Merchant Marine Museum, Kings Point, NY: 1998.
The World's Merchant Fleets 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships, Roger Jordan, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1999
Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942, Clay Blair, New York: Random House, 1996
Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted. 1942-1945, Clay Blair, New York: Random House, 1998Merchant Mariners at Milag Nord POW Camp
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