http://www.submerged.co.uk/hera.php Shipwrecks and scuba diving around Devon and the world Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:08:10 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.submerged.co.uk/hera.php/comment-page-1#comment-14490 Paul THOMAS Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:20:25 +0000 http://submerged.co.uk/wordpress/hera.php#comment-14490 Hi Pete the comments from Rita are a real surprise. I would really like to get in touch with Rita and exchange stories. The email address you supplied doesnt seem to work so I am hoping she will see this and get in touch through you. Paul Thomas Hi Pete
the comments from Rita are a real surprise. I would really like to get in touch with Rita and exchange stories. The email address you supplied doesnt seem to work so I am hoping she will see this and get in touch through you.
Paul Thomas

]]> http://www.submerged.co.uk/hera.php/comment-page-1#comment-11869 Rita Agius Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:50:50 +0000 http://submerged.co.uk/wordpress/hera.php#comment-11869 First of all I would like to congratulate you for this interesting website about the story of the Hera Hamburg. It was quite commotional when I was browsing through the internet and by mistake I wrote hera. Up came this site which when I started reading I realised that this was the story that my grand father Joseph Cauchi used to relate for many many years with pride. I recognised the photos in the website because they are the same as the ones I have at home which my grand father gave to my mother. My grandfather was Joseph Cauchi and he was one of the five who survived from drowning. He is Maltese and at the time of the shipwreck he was 19 years old. If you go to the picture that shows the five men at hospital my grand pa is the one standing up in the middle. He is wearing a tie and has a jacket or blazer that is unbuttoned . Also in the photo that shows nine men at the cemetary my grand dad Joseph Cauchi is the first from the left hand side in the bottom row. He is wearing again the same suit with the tie and the jacket is unbuttoned. Another photo where he is seen is the one that shows the story in the newspaper. He is on the right hand side at the bottom of the page. If you want to add more information about the story I can send you the photo of the whistle that saved the five men and I also have a copy of the newspaper in Maltese that tells his story as he had related it to a Maltese journalist. I would love to see my granfather's name added in the website that shows the story of the shipwreck and I humbly ask you if this is possible please. I would be greatly honoured to have contributed something to my grandfather and that at last maybe the whole world would know the sacrifices that our fathers passed through to earn their living. I look forward for your feedback and I hope that maybe I can provide some more information about what happened on that day and re-confirm what there is already known. Thank you Rita Agius First of all I would like to congratulate you for this interesting website about the story of the Hera Hamburg.
It was quite commotional when I was browsing through the internet and by mistake I wrote hera. Up came this site which when I started reading I realised that this was the story that my grand father Joseph Cauchi used to relate for many many years with pride. I recognised the photos in the website because they are the same as the ones I have at home which my grand father gave to my mother.
My grandfather was Joseph Cauchi and he was one of the five who survived from drowning. He is Maltese and at the time of the shipwreck he was 19 years old.
If you go to the picture that shows the five men at hospital my grand pa is the one standing up in the middle. He is wearing a tie and has a jacket or blazer that is unbuttoned . Also in the photo that shows nine men at the cemetary my grand dad Joseph Cauchi is the first from the left hand side in the bottom row. He is wearing again the same suit with the tie and the jacket is unbuttoned. Another photo where he is seen is the one that shows the story in the newspaper. He is on the right hand side at the bottom of the page.
If you want to add more information about the story I can send you the photo of the whistle that saved the five men and I also have a copy of the newspaper in Maltese that tells his story as he had related it to a Maltese journalist.
I would love to see my granfather’s name added in the website that shows the story of the shipwreck and I humbly ask you if this is possible please. I would be greatly honoured to have contributed something to my grandfather and that at last maybe the whole world would know the sacrifices that our fathers passed through to earn their living.
I look forward for your feedback and I hope that maybe I can provide some more information about what happened on that day and re-confirm what there is already known.
Thank you
Rita Agius

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