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Covering the entire World of Military Numismatics
Series 003 -
Number 637 Saturday - 01 JUNE 2002
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__272 days to Fest IV__
FEATURED ARTICLE
by Brad
Peacock
Recently I acquired a
fragment of a large sheet of paper that when held to the light has a watermark
"RESERVE BANK OF INDIA" with two numeral 5's and a portrait of King George VI.
The seller stated that this was recovered from a shipwreck called the SS Breda.
I've done alot of searching on the net for more information on this ship and
came up with an interesting story. You can see the fragment at these two
links:
http://home.swbell.net/bp22/pics/breda2.JPG
On December 23, 1940,
the S.S. Breda was sunk by German bombers off the coast of Scotland. The ship
was on its way to India carrying among other things banknote paper to be used to
print India 5 Rupee and 10 Rupee banknotes.
Built in 1921 for the Koninkl Nedrl,
Stoomb, Maats NV the Royal Netherlands Steamship company, at the New Waterway
Shipbuilding Co, near Rotterdam. The Breda was a cargo ship before being put
under the control of the P&O shipping company for use in the
war.
Whilst on route from London to
Mombassa, Karachi and Bombay, she was sheltering in the Oban Roads off the west
of Scotland. The cargo on board was varied and included 3000 tons of cement, 175
tons of tobacco and cigarettes, 3 Hawker biplanes, 30 De Havilland Moths, spare
parts for the aircraft, rubber soled sandals, military lorry spares, NAAFI
crockery, copper ingots, 9 dogs and 10 horses one of which was apparently a
present from the king of Denmark to the Aga Khan..Throughout the war the Germans
laid mines by attaching them on lines to the seabed. The Oban roads being some
of the deepest waters around the British coast made it impossible for the
Germans to lay mines in such depth.
On the December 23, 1940 a small group of Heinkel 111's took of from Nazi
occupied Norway, bound for Oban and the convoy sheltering in the nearby waters.
One of the planes chose the Breda as a target and dropped its four 55lb bombs,
none of the bombs actually hit the Breda but they were close enough for the
force of the blast to fracture the water inlet pipe. Tons of water started to
flood into the engine room and within a few short minutes the ships electrics
and all the steam had been killed.
Within 15 minutes captain Johannis Fooy
ordered the life boats to be lowered and the crew made for the shore. An
admiralty tug came alongside and realising that the Breda was going to sink very
quickly the captain decided to try and run her aground onto a shallow shelf only
6 metres deep. After towing her for 2 hours the tug managed to get the Breda
over the shelf and let the cable go. The horse's were let out into the water so
they could swim ashore. At 2030Hrs captain Fooy having decided the ship was safe
under the circumstances left the ship and went ashore. The next day, Christmas
eve, the Admiralty were able to assess the situation, having decided the ship
could be salvaged some of the cargo was taken off. During the removal of the
cargo a storm blew up and forced the ship further inshore but off the 6 metre
shelf into 30 metres of water where it remains to this
day.
The ship was forgotten for many
years even though at low water her funnel, bridges, masts and derricks were
visible. In 1961 the Royal Navy swept her with a wire to a depth of 28 feet at
the request of the Northern Lighthouse Board, so as not to be a hazard to
shipping. In 1966 she was rediscovered by Edinburgh Sub Aqua
Club.
Throughout the 60's and 70's
the Breda was heavily salvaged and one of the most publicised removals was that
of the propeller. The wreck itself sits upright on a sloping seabed with her bow
pointing in to shore. The stern sits in 28 -30 metres of water with the deck
level at 22 metres whilst her bow lies in 18 - 20 metres of water with deck
levels ranging between 12 - 14 metres. Salvage work in and around the engine
room have caused some damage and the superstructure no longer remains. The main
points of interest are her 5 cargo holds which still hold much of the original
cargo just waiting to be uncovered. In holds 2 and 3 are the remains of her
cargo of aircraft. In hold 4 are sheets of Indian rupees. Scattered throughout
the wreck are the remains of gas masks, shaving kits, tennis balls,
toothbrushes, shoes, jars of olives and a wide range of bottles plenty of which
remain full and intact.
There
is plenty of life to be found in and around the wreck including wrasse, pollock,
brittle stars, conger eels, saithe, dragonets, butterfish, leopard spotted goby
fish, squat lobsters, plumose anemones, dead mens fingers, sunstars and peacock
worm. The wreck is located in Ardmucknish Bay, Oban at position Lat 56 28 33.0 N
Long 05 25 00.0 W and can be dived at any state of tide but it is best at high
slack water. Due to large amounts of freshwater from Loch Etive working its way
to the Breda via the Falls of Lora there is a Halocline for the first 2 - 3
metres during descent but this quickly disappears and leaves you to dive the
Breda in an average visibility of 6 -10
metres.
Finally, and rather intriguing, the
ship's crew were said to have had a pet monkey aboard and there were frequent
monkey sightings in the hills around the bay after the Breda sank. In the '70s
the remains of a monkey were found in the area, it had a silver bracelet around
its neck inscribed "S.S. Breda".
You can see a pic of the ship
here:
Thanks to Nicola Morgan
at the Puffin Dive Centre ( nicola@puffin.org.uk ) on the waters edge
at Port Gallanach, 1 ½ miles south of Oban on the Kerrera Sound coast road,
Scotland, for permission in using most of this story.
Dear Gram
As
can be imagined, I read Ski's article in Thursday's Gram with great
interest. Lyn Knight's Memphis catalog contains many outstanding rarities
and should be a quality reference for many years to come. There are a
significant number of notes that had never previously been reported/had never
been illustrated. Larry touched on the very important and excessively rare
Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per L'Egitto issue. As he states, there is a
denomination not in World War II Remembered. Needless to say, it was a
great privilege to be able to work with this set.Do not overlook the Greek
Specimen sets-these are very rare in this form. Also of particular note is the
strong array of Foreign Trade Payment Certificates (listed under Japan),
including the UNIQUE 5 Dollars! This is another area to take a close look
at.The three Philippine essays are amazing. How many of you ever thought
that any notes would be denominated in "and Dollars"? Simply put, these
are great items.As Larry states, military notes are located throughout the
catalog. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Joel
Shafer
Many thanks to Brad Peacock for a superb article. It's a real
pleasure to have new contributors of articles for the Gram. Maybe others will
follow his lead, and offer material for publication.
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FOR SALE:
ALLIED MILITARY AUTHORITY CURRENCY FOR AUSTRIA. 1944
ISSUE
P-102b 50
Groschen XF
$1 AU
$2 CU
$3
P-103a 1
Schilling
F $2 VF
$3
P-103b 1
Schilling
F $1 VF
$2 XF
$3
P-104b 2
Schillings
XF $3 AU
$4
P-105 5
Schillings
VF $3 XF
$4 AU
$5
P-106a 10
Schillings
(no fractional line in prefix
number) F $3
VF$4 XF
$5 AU
$6
P-106b 10
Schillings
(with fractional line in prefix
number) VF+ $5
P-107
20 Schillings F
$3 AU
$8
P-109 50
Schillings VF
$8 XF
$10 AU
$12
P-110a 100
Schillings (no fractional line in prefix number) F $6
VF$8 AU
$12
P-110b 100
Schillings (with fractional line in prefix number) F $6 VF
$8
RUSSIAN OCCUPATION - WWII - 1945
issue
P-113b 1
Reichsmark VF
$10 AU $20
ALLIED ISSUE FOR BELGIUM - GOVERNMENT
IN EXILE - ISSUE
1-2-43
P-121 5
Francs
F $3 VF
$4 XF
$5 AU
$6
P-122 10
Francs
F $3 VF
$4 XF
$5 AU
$6
P-123 100
Francs F
$10 VF
$15 XF
$20
P-124 500
Francs F
$50 VF $75
MILITARY ISSUE OF
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'A' F $15 VF
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Collectors may
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Dealers
and collectors who have these items, are then encouraged to list them for sale
in the above section as a reply.
Wanted listings will run for a period of 1
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WANTED - Philippine Guerrila Money (5/26)
Page 18, Bottom - Users of Military Payment
Certificates
Check marks were omitted from production copies of books.
Please check off the following:
Australia:
641, 661, 681, 692
Canada:
461 through
and including 591
Korea:
641,
661, 681, 692
New Zealand: 641, 661, 681, 692
Thailand:
641, 661, 681, 692
United States: All
Page 201, Bottom Right - Very last sentence on this page
Two serial numbers listed for the second printing of
Series 472 .50 cent
notes. The first serial number listed is obviously in error as a nine
digit number: C040351392C
Correct Serial Number is:
C04035139C
D Freyser (date
listed 10 April 2002)
Page 207,
#833/4 - Series 481 .25 4th Printing (table listing serial number
breakdowns) line 5
Start Number is incorrect. It appears as:
(start)
D14784001D (end) D14784000D
Correct start number should
be: D09408001D
PK6 (date listed: 03
APRIL 2002)
Page
214, #855/r2 - Series 541 $1 Replacements,
Ending serial number is
incorrect
Correct number is F1112000
(date listed: 02 APRIL 2002)
Page 220, #884/2r - Series 641 .50
Replacements
On page 284, it is broken down into 2 printings. That's
correct, BUT, on page 220 he lists only (1) printing reported. It should "list"
both first and second printings.
Guy Araby (date listed 04 APRIL 2002)
Page 287, Series 661 Series Summary, 25 cent note: the
"list" shows "#CU as 10(7) . It should read, 8(7). As only 8 are known in CU.
Just recount P.289.
Guy Araby (date listed 08 APRIL 2002)
Page 398, Series #541 $10 on "UNC." price is
$2500, on P.214 the UNC. price is $3500. Also the rest of the prices don't match
all the way to "VG" on this issue. They should be the same
price.
Guy Araby (date
listed 08 APRIL 2002)
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