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The Redemption of Slamat by HMS Wryneck D21
The Redemption of Slamat by HMS Wryneck D21
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The Dutch liner, Slamat, was accused by Winston Churchill of being responsible for an attack by German aircraft on Convoy AG 14 sailing from Alexandria to Greece to evacuate British Army troops involved in the Battle of Greece in 1941. Churchill wrote, "At Navplion there was a disaster. The Slamat, in a gallant but misguided effort to embark the maximum number of men, stayed too long in the anchorage." Slamat was one of a number of ships tasked to evacuate about 3,000 British, Australian and New Zealand troops from Nafplion (Navplion) in the Peloponnese.
Slamat was considered responsible, in part, for the attack on April 27, 1941, for having left her post later than the other ships of her convoy. This accusation is still vague today, but was delivered back then, nonetheless. HMS Wryneck D21, requesting this book be written, in her own words, felt that Slamat should be redeemed. Wryneck is, in part, an author of this book. She delivers an emotional sequence of events that argue her case; she and HMS Diamond D22 were also lost in this event, the sinking of Slamat. Approximately 1,000 people were lost from all three ships. 11 survived Slamat's sinking, 20 survived Diamond's, and 27 survived Wryneck's.
Review Wryneck's information and judge for yourself whether there is redemption for Slamat. Much too long after this tragedy, a monument commemorating the victims of all three ships was made by the Dutch sculptor Nicholas van Ronkenstein. It was installed in 2011, 70 years after the losses. Wryneck feels this was fitting, but it took too much time to consider redemption and recognize the heroic responsibilities shouldered by Slamat's Captain, Tjalling Luidinga, who survived the sinking of his own ship, only to die aboard Diamond when she, in turn, was bombed and sunk after saving survivors.
Slamat was considered responsible, in part, for the attack on April 27, 1941, for having left her post later than the other ships of her convoy. This accusation is still vague today, but was delivered back then, nonetheless. HMS Wryneck D21, requesting this book be written, in her own words, felt that Slamat should be redeemed. Wryneck is, in part, an author of this book. She delivers an emotional sequence of events that argue her case; she and HMS Diamond D22 were also lost in this event, the sinking of Slamat. Approximately 1,000 people were lost from all three ships. 11 survived Slamat's sinking, 20 survived Diamond's, and 27 survived Wryneck's.
Review Wryneck's information and judge for yourself whether there is redemption for Slamat. Much too long after this tragedy, a monument commemorating the victims of all three ships was made by the Dutch sculptor Nicholas van Ronkenstein. It was installed in 2011, 70 years after the losses. Wryneck feels this was fitting, but it took too much time to consider redemption and recognize the heroic responsibilities shouldered by Slamat's Captain, Tjalling Luidinga, who survived the sinking of his own ship, only to die aboard Diamond when she, in turn, was bombed and sunk after saving survivors.
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