Naval history of hms sainfoin ww2

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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	Brenda	Report	6 Feb 2005 22:23
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	My late father served on HMS Sainfoin in WW2, does anyone have any info about this ship,or where I might obtain some.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	6 Feb 2005 22:27
	If you put the name into Google you get some results. Kath. x
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 1,054 Send Message	Peter	Report	7 Feb 2005 01:42
	I have found two mentions of the ship. The first . It took part in the rescue of the TAKIIWA in the bay of Bengal on the 15 Oct 45 when Fire broke out on that ship. The other was in conection with the CROSSBOW if I read it right the crossbow became the SAINFOIN just after it was commissioned, ( but this was confusing becuse of the way it was layed out)
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	Brenda	Report	10 Feb 2005 19:57
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	Hello Kathleen, Many thanks, tried google previously,but found very little info.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	Brenda	Report	10 Feb 2005 19:57
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 240 Send Message	Hello Peter, Many thanks, will follow up the crossbow link.