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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Mr Menezes: I'm obliged to you for enlightening me on the tragic happening of the S.S. Ramdas's stormy dispatch to Davy Jones's locker. Hitherto, the chequered, variegated sea career of this sunken vessel was buried in relative oblivion. Thanks to your friend, the venerable Admiral Nair's vivid memories, your fascinating revelations caused this interesting vignette of a part of naval history to be brought forth. By authorship, I sincerely hope someone of yours or the Admiral's calibre would take the initiative to recount this Event and related happenstances. The media used could be our esteemed "GoaNet" with permanent enshrinement maybe in "Google" later. It would not only give the redoubtable ship its rightful place in naval History but also pay a proper tribute to the unfortunate departed that went down with the Ramdas. I clearly remember the November 22 cyclone that hit Bombay. I vaguely recall it was accompanied by record rainfall of something like 24 inches in 36 hours. However Hitherto, I didn't connect the Ramdas's sinking with this awesome cyclone. I always thought they were two separate occurrences. I'm glad you straightened me out. Once again, thank you very much. Sincerely Arnold Noronha Wilmington, Delaware, USA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - From: "gilbert menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SS Ramdas Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:07:15 +0530 >Arnold, >I have a friend, Admiral KR Nair, now retired , aged 91, but still >with an exceptionally lucid memory. He told me that HMIS Ramdas was >a >converted merchantman which was fitted with guns and based at Bombay >during World War 2. He served on the ship as a young officer and >has >many interesting tales to tell about this ship, during the war. >After >the war, the ship , now known as SS Ramdas, reverted to the Bombay >Steam Navigation Company, and was deployed on the bombay-Goa route. >The ship capsized and sank without survivors during a cyclonic >storm, >off Khanderi Island, which is just outside Bombay. >Im not sure about the date of the mishap, but it could be 22 nov >1949, >because that is the date a large cyclone storm caused a lot of >damage >at bombay. The ship was a small one, about the sizes of SS Rohidas >and St. Anthony, so there could not have been a thousand people on >board, more likely a couple of hundred. >regards, >Gilbert Menezes. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org