Mosquito Attack on Irish ship on 23.10.1943

[Darius]

Hello,

thank you.

Darius

[Mark McShane]

Just a small bit more to add to this interesting thread, nothing to contradict what already has been said just some extra information.

After the attack when the politicians from each side of the Irish Sea were talking to each other, the British Government was initially only willing to accept no liability as the ship has been off course and inside the prohibited zone. In war cabinet meeting extracts they say that no compensation should be paid as the whoile incident had been a mistake.
The British ambassador to Ireland however suggested that the British should be prepared to pay some form of compensation to the injured seamen on the Kerlogue (He was trying to get some interned RAF pilots released). The British government agreed to the compensation, however the provisio was that no official statement by the Irish governement should be made without the wording first been seen by the British. They also wanted see to medical records for the injured men.

Another interesting document is a letter from the Naval Attache, Dublin to Naval Inteligence relating to Captain Fortune of the Kerlogue. They say he was a fine fellow.

Regards,

Mark