Through Newpaper articles, the ship magazine, quotations from books and personal
memories this page gives a brief glimse of life onboard HMS Edinburgh,
during the convoys along with her final voyage and the afterwards in Murmansk.

The HMS Edinburgh 'BUZZ' Magazine

A link to Edinburgh's ship magazine named "Buzz"
Provided by Adrian Petersen grandson of Lieutenant C.H.Mashford
This copy is the Number 1, Volume 1, H.M.S. Edinburgh - March 1941

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The Edinburgh Boys A poem written for the crew by a barmaid at the 'Sea Hotel', South Shields, Co. Durham

The Edinburgh - 'A Mystery Ship' Sent By Andy Bogle From Houston, Texas

....I grew up knowing the Edinburgh - a mystery ship as my Dad liked to call her, although he never talked too much about the sinking. I suppose being down below he really didn't know a lot of what was going on but it had to have been a terrifying experience in those rough, dark waters....

Exmouth Survivor of the gold ship Edinburgh Exmouth and East Devon Journal 31 October , 1981

“IT happened just after four o’clock on 1 st May. We were having tea in No.21 Mess when suddenly there was a terrific crash and we were plunged into darkness. Through a smoky stench we made our way up the hatch to the flight deck….. the ship was listing to starboard.” ....

Exmouth Survivor of the gold ship Edinburgh Exmouth and East Devon Journal - November 7, 1981

....“I was in Russia for seven weeks,” he recalled, “and during that time, my wife didn’t know if I was alive or dead – our letters home went out on board the cruiser Trinidad, which was torpedoed and sunk along with all our mail.”....

I Saw The Edinburgh Die Captain Frank A. Shaw

....Then the gallant Edinburgh arrived to join battle. She had been far out on the flank, suspicious that the big destroyers were simply a screen for a battleship - possibly the Tirpitz, whose giant size in no ways daunted her. It was as she was hurrying to deal with the destroyers that she revieved more than one hit from torpedoes. Hurt as she was, she went on firing until the enemy withdrew. She covered our destroyer with her long range fire, while she limped along half helplessly....

Convoys Fight Through Herald Reporter: Provided by John Young, son of William Montague Wright

....She steamed on at a reduced speed. The following afternoon thre destroyers mad five seperate attempts to break through the homeward-bound convoy's escort. All five attacked were driven off, but one ship was sunk....

£2 TO Light His Cigarette Herald Reporter: Provided by John Young, son of William Montague Wright

Crew Member Describes the last Torpedo Strike - Extracts from 'Last Call For HMS Edinburgh' (Buy From Amazon Here)

Radar Rating Harry Cook Describes His Escape
....There were eight of us in the lower compartment when the torpedo hit. The deck plating above us, yielding under the pressure of the explosion jammed the hatch cover....

William Wallis - Escape After the Final Torpedo Strike
....We went up on deck and found that one of the minesweepers had come along side and was already taking the wounded and passengers aboard. While we waited our turn, we huddled together behind the hangar out of the freezing wind. We were all in pretty bad shape and I went across to the wardroom to find a cloth to wipe the oil from our eyes....

Escaping the destruction of the EdinburghArthur Start describes his escape from below decks

...Realising that the mess decks below might still contain trapped men, we lifted back the hatch cover of the vertical hatch down through which the gold had been lowered....

BBC WW2 People's War

• The Sinking of HMS Edinburgh Spike Hughes
• The Loss of HMS Edinburgh David Moore
• Naval History of G.T.H. Green 1 George Green
• Naval History of G.T.H. Green 2 George Green
  

Saga of the cruiser HMS EdinburghBy JAMES DOYLE (Special thanks to The Whig-Standard) MAY 2,1975

...The reunion lasted two full days and nights and like the endless actions we were celebrating, there was little time for sleep. It was an electrifying, indelible experience again to meet them. We, the boy seamen, were suddenly 17 and 18 again instead of greying, balding, time - ravaged 50 and 51....