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November 11, 2025

Ship KEILA – “tramp steamer” WWII

As my erudite colleague recounts: “Ship KEILA, what you would call a tramp steamer and ubiquitous for the time, but lovely all the same. Those ships went everywhere with everything imaginable.” KEILA was an early-20th-century steam cargo ship that carried several names and owners over its life. It was built in England in 1905 (as Continue reading

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August 5, 2022

Medal Listing – Merchant Marine

April 18, 2023 I am incredibly proud to report today that I have received in the mail this full document from VA 🇨🇦 on John-Myles-Wilson-1914-06-24 which commemorates my maternal grandfather’s life as a Merchant Mariner during WWII including his medals and career sequence. Plus John Myles Wilson’s Ship Movement Records, Convoy Operations during WWII #Keila Continue reading

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February 14, 2021

#Keila (Br) – The Keila Ship Movements, 1939-1945

#Keila https://t.co/UDRwUfyOy5 pic.twitter.com/oAVgqAnanz — Keilaarchivist (@dwalshmedia) September 19, 2022 Continue reading

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