Crewman Added: Ike Eide

I received a wonderful note from Betty Eide whose husband Ike was aboard the Partridge. Ike wasn’t on the crew list because he was not aboard when the ship sank. But he is, of course, a part of the ship’s history. Actually, Betty’s note pointed out...

HMCS Prescott

The HMCS Prescott was a Canadian ship that rescued many of the survivors from the Partridge after it was sunk on June 11, 1944.   The ship doesn’t look that much larger than the Partridge in this photo: From uboat.net: The German submarine U-163 was sunk in the...

Photos from Leave

Going through some of my grandmother’s scrapbooks, I came across these photos that I thought should be up here.  It’s amazing how different these photos look after going through the ship’s logs and reading about the people in the photos.  Most of...

Adnah Caldin

Adnah Caldin was the commander of the Partridge from approximately December of 1943 to April of 1944. There are many stories from members of the crew about his command of the ship. However, I do not have any information on his military career before or after the...