The ''Kemmendine'' (1924) was a British merchant ship. She was sunk by the German

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'' in the

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on 13 July 1940, en route from Glasgow to Burma. Records relating to the ship are held by the British

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.Ship Kemmendine, official number: 147892. When built: 1924. Registry closed: 1941.
National Archives. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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Camp diaries reveal amazing bravery of the teenage sailor who became the youngest prisoner of war.
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