What were the ports and the names of officers and crew of the HMS Ausonia 1943-45?

Good luck tracking this down.  In the mean time, here's a picture that
purports to be HMS Ausonia:

http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~cyberheritage/bbb16.jpg

Unfortunately I haven't been able to find anything on the crew either.

No-one from the Ansonia is registered either at::

Armed Forces Friends

http://www.armedforcesfriends.co.uk/unit_show.php?reqservice=navy

or at:

Forces Reunited:

http://www.forcesreunited.org.uk/

"the largest dedicated UK database of Forces and Ex-Forces Personnel
on the web, run by Ex-Forces Personnel.
...
The ForcesReunited website, is updated on a daily basis, so you can
keep popping back day after day to see new content, read new stories
and browse new features. "

You might like to register your interest with both those sites.

Here is some general information on the ship and some good pictures:


Originally one of the Cunard line
"R.M.S. Ausonia 
Ausonia was the third of Cunard's six post-World War I "A Liners" for
the Canadian service. Like Ascania, she was built by Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co. of Newcastle, the only shipyard to build more than one
of the "A Liners".  Launched in 1921, Ausonia made her maiden voyage,
Liverpool-Montreal, on 31 August 1922 and in 1923 was moved to the
London-Canada route.  Refitted for the new cabin/tourist/third
configuration in 1927, Ausonia was requisitioned as an armed merchant
cruiser in September 1939. Purchased by the Navy in 1942, she was then
converted into a heavy repair ship, but retained her Cunard name. She
was decommissioned in 1964, and was scrapped in Spain the next year. 
Sources: Haws' Merchant Fleets; Bonsor's North Atlantic Seaway."

http://www.greatships.net/ausonia.html	


Thee are more pictures at:

http://www.schiffspost.com/flotte_a.htm

A nice picture of the ship in her Cunard days going to see the 1932
Eclipse and of the Aurora Borealis taken from the deck can be found
at:

http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/eclipse.html

Good luck.

Thanks for the pix.
My husband, Norman Westwater (aka Westie), left Edinburgh university
age 18 to enlist in the Royal navy in 1943.  After the normal stint on
HMS Ganges, he was sent to the Gulf of Aden, Ceylon and Mombasa on the
fleet-repair ship HMS Ausonia, where he was an Able Seaman and the
susbequently ship's writer.  Norman now has Alzheimer's Disease. I am
trying to document this important part pof his past.  What about the
MOD/Royal Navy?

If I were you, I would ask the Imperial War Museum in London for
advice on resources which might help you.
"The Collecting Group, the seven curatorial departments based at the
Imperial War Museum, London, offers access 'behind the scenes' for
personal or professional research.  Although many examples of the
collection are on display, we also provide access to our reserve
collections. Visitors are welcome to come 'behind the scenes' to study
the archives free of charge, but an appointment must be made. "

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/index.htm

By the way, someone who served in the fifties on the Ausonia is
registered at:

http://www.servicepals.com

Registering here and on the other sites mentioned by angy-ga could
just possibly bring you a useful contact.

I'm very sorry to hear of your husband's illness and wish you luck in
documenting his story.