O Dixey

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:51:15 +0000

My old grandfather was on board this ship, I still have his discharge book with dates...his name was Ernest Dixey

Randolph Baxter

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:03:57 +0100

As a researcher on Lend-Lease, I'm interested in finding out if the H.M.S. Shah was named after the Shah of Iran; I realize this may be obvious, but I would appreciate archival confirmation of this. Newspapers mention her, but do not specify why she was named Shah.

Royal Navy Research Archive

O Dixey

Randolph Baxter