I was in Liverpool

My grandfather was born in Rhyl Wales and grew up in Liverpool England. Here is a copy of his shipping record during the Great War. He did five voyages during the war. He did a voyage to Murmansk afterwards during the Russian Civil War (which I have blogged about twice: see Murmansk – The Dupuy Institute and  Mutiny in Murmansk – The Dupuy Institute).

The first two voyages were on the SS Adriatic. I think this is it: RMS Adriatic (1906) – Wikipedia. My grandfather had just turned 15 when he went on his first voyage. Both voyages were to New York and back.

Next voyage was in the SS Cedar Branch.  I think this is it: SS Aenos (1910) – Wikipedia. It is listed in the log book at 2222 tons and 404 HP. She is listed in Wikipedia as 3,554 GRT and 2,222 NRT. The voyage was to Gallao or Callao. Callao is the main port for Peru. 

His fourth voyage was with the Maria de Larrrinaga. Don’t have a Wikipedia link to that ship, but it was 2678 net tons and 429 HP. It is listed here:  Larrinaga Line (theshipslist.com). The destination is listed as OHMS (On His Majesty’s Service).

His fifth voyage was with the Dictator. I do not have a link to here. The number 3149 is written in the lower right corner of the ship listing. The voyage was to Gibraltar and the U.S.A.

The war ended on 11/11/18 (now Armistice Day). On 14/11/18 he went to sea on the Nigeria. This is the ship that brought him to Murmansk. The number 2590 is written in the lower right corner of the ship listing. The destination is listed as OHMS.

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Christopher A. Lawrence
Christopher A. Lawrence

Christopher A. Lawrence is a professional historian and military analyst. He is the Executive Director and President of The Dupuy Institute, an organization dedicated to scholarly research and objective analysis of historical data related to armed conflict and the resolution of armed conflict. The Dupuy Institute provides independent, historically-based analyses of lessons learned from modern military experience.
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Mr. Lawrence was the program manager for the Ardennes Campaign Simulation Data Base, the Kursk Data Base, the Modern Insurgency Spread Sheets and for a number of other smaller combat data bases. He has participated in casualty estimation studies (including estimates for Bosnia and Iraq) and studies of air campaign modeling, enemy prisoner of war capture rates, medium weight armor, urban warfare, situational awareness, counterinsurgency and other subjects for the U.S. Army, the Defense Department, the Joint Staff and the U.S. Air Force. He has also directed a number of studies related to the military impact of banning antipersonnel mines for the Joint Staff, Los Alamos National Laboratories and the Vietnam Veterans of American Foundation.
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His published works include papers and monographs for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the Vietnam Veterans of American Foundation, in addition to over 40 articles written for limited-distribution newsletters and over 60 analytical reports prepared for the Defense Department. He is the author of Kursk: The Battle of Prokhorovka (Aberdeen Books, Sheridan, CO., 2015), America’s Modern Wars: Understanding Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam (Casemate Publishers, Philadelphia & Oxford, 2015), War by Numbers: Understanding Conventional Combat (Potomac Books, Lincoln, NE., 2017) , The Battle of Prokhorovka (Stackpole Books, Guilford, CT., 2019), The Battle for Kyiv (Frontline Books, Yorkshire, UK, 2023), Aces at Kursk (Air World, Yorkshire, UK, 2024), Hunting Falcon: The Story of WWI German Ace Hans-Joachim Buddecke (Air World, Yorkshire, UK, 2024) and The Siege of Mariupol (Frontline Books, Yorkshire, UK, 2024).
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Mr. Lawrence lives in northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C., with his wife and son.

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