PALADIN-Class
Fleet Destroyer ordered from
Vickers Armstrong, .Newcastle en 2nd
October 1939 with 2nd Emergency Flotilla. She
was laid down on 26th December 1939 at the same
time
as sister ships HMS PENN and PORCUPINE. The ship
then was intended to be named
PERSISTENT but this was changed to PETARD as
part of a rationalisation of names
for the Flotilla. She was launched as HMS PETARD
on 27th March 1941 as the 2nd RN ship to bear
the
name, previously used by a WW1 destroyer sold in
1921. Her build was completed
on 15th June 1942 at a cost
of £408,200 excluding the cost of guns and
communications equipment supplied by
the Admiralty. After a successful WARSHIP WEEK
National Savings campaign in
March 1942 she was adopted by the civil
community of Paddington, London.
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June
Contractor's sea trials and
commissioned for service in 12th Destroyer
Flotilla.
15th
Build completion and commenced Acceptance
Trials.
On completion of trials
and storing took passage
to Scapa
Flow for work-up with Home Fleet
prior to
joining Flotilla.
July
Nominated
for service in Indian Ocean with Flotilla.
29th
Joined military convoy WS21 with HM
Destroyers CATTERICK, LEDBURY and HM Auxiliary
Merchant Cruisers
RANPURA for Ocean Escort to Freetown from
Clyde.
August
Passage with escort for WS21.
15th
Deployed as Ocean Escort
with HM Cruiser HAWKINS and HMS CATTERICK
during passage to
Cape
from Freetown.
27th
Detached en arrival at
Capetown and made independent passage to Durban.
September Transferred
to join Mediterranean Fleet at Alexandria
(Note: Transfer
was made to reinforce Mediterranean Fleet
after losses during defence of Crete.
See Naval
Staff History.)
3rd
Escorted ss SAMARIA
and VOLENDAM from Durban to join WS21.
Deployed
with HM Armed Merchant Cruiser RANPURA as
Ocean Escort for WS21.
10th
When WS21 divided into Aden
and Bombay sections joined WS21A as
escort for five mercantiles
during
passage to Aden.
16th Detached
from WS21A when
dispersed and made independent passage to Alexandria.
22nd
Arrived at Alexandria
and joined Flotilla for
Fleet duties including anti-submarine
patrols
and convoy defence.
October
Deployed with
Flotilla in eastern Mediterranean.
30th
After U559 was
reported on surface 70 miles north of Nile Delta
sailed from Port
Said with HM
Destroyers PAKENHAM, DULVERTON and HURWORTH to
relieve HM Destroyer
HERO.
On arrival took
part in submarine search operation with the
other 3 ships and WELLESLEY
aircraft of 47 Squadron RAF .
After submarine located,
carried series of joint depth charge
attacks lasting nearly 10 hours. When
U559 was forced to surface after night fall,
engaged with main 4in
and secondary armament.
As range closed main armament could not be used.
Seaboat launched with a Boarding Party
when U559 crew seen
to abandon. Lieutenant Tony
Fasson RN and Able Seaman Colin Grazier
swam to U559 and
entered hull.
They recovered moveable parts of ENIGMA coding
machine, associated
documentation and some
Charts which they handed to
Tommy Brown, a NAAFI Canteen Assistant who also
had swum to the
U-Boat.
From a position at the bottom of conning tower
he made three trips
carrying vital items to
seaboat
lying alongside.
As seacocks had
been opened before crew
abandoned, U559 was flooding rapidly and sank
quickly
with the two courageous men still
inside and unable to
overcome the inrush of water.
(Note: Tragically
they went down with the
submarine
. Their
outstanding
gallantry in obtaining this invaluable
information was posthumously
recognised by the
award to each of the George Cross.
Brown was
awarded the George Medal and promoted to Senior
Canteen Assistant.
He was not
discharged despite his age when entering NAAFI
service in 1941.
Sadly
he later died in April 1945 when he was
trapped in a fire at his family
home in North
Shields.
Survivors
from U559 were rescued.)
November Took the ENIGMA
material to Haifa, escorted by HMS DULVERTON.
(Note: This
enabled enemy encrypted signal traffic to be
read by Bletchley
Park codebreakers
and resulted in
allied convoy traffic being
diverted away from known U-Boat
concentrations
during the 1943 Atlantic battles
thus saving the lives of many seamen.
For
details see GCHQ by Nigel West, BREAKING THE
ENIGMA by David Kahn,
Admiralty
Fleet Orders, .Report No 5 by P Wescombe
and J Gallehawk
(BLETCHLEY
TRUST)
and SEEK AND STRIKE by W Hackmann.)
16th
Joined HM Cruiser EURYALUS, HM
Destroyers JAVELIN, JERVIS, KELVIN , NUBIAN
and
PALADIN as escort for
Convoy MW13 comprising
4 ships for passage to Malta.
(Operation STONEAGE).
17th
Under air attacks during which HMS
ARETHUSA was hit and sustained major damage.
Provided
assistance in fighting fires on HMS
ARETHUSA.
18th
Towed HM Cruiser ARETHUSA stern first back to
Alexandria after torpedo
damage during air
attacks on MW13 convoy.
Deployed as escort for HMS
ARETHUSA after tug took over tow.
(Note:
This convoy provided sufficient stores to last
until the New Year and so
raised the
siege of
the
island).
December
2nd
Deployed with HM Destroyers PAKENHAM and Greek
VASILISSA OLGA as screen for HM
Cruiser ORION to supplement escort of
Convoy MW14 to Malta from Port Said.
(Operation PORTCULLIS/MH1)
4th
Convoy escort joined by Force K from Malta.
5th
Arrived in Malta with Convoy MW14.
(Note: MW14
comprising four mercantiles was the last Malta
relief convoy)
7th
Sailed from Malta as escort for Convoy
ME11 to Port Said with H M Cruiser ORION,
HM
Destroyers PAKENHAM,
ALDENHAM, BELVOIR, CROOME, DULVERTON, EXMOOR
HURSLEY, TETCOTT,
Greek VASILISSA OLGA and Greek PINDOS.
(Note:
Convoy comprised 9 ships).
9th
Remained with ME11 when HMS ORION, HM
Destroyers ALDENHAM, CROOME,
DULVERTON,
EXMOOR and
HURSLEY detached to join Convoy MW15 on
passage to
Benghazi from Port
Said.
11th
On arrival at Alexandria with ME11
deployed for anti-submarine patrol.
14th
Deployed with Greek Destroyer VASILISSA
OLGA to escort HM Submarine P35 into
Malta.
15th
Carried cut depth charge attacks
Italian submarine UARSCIEK with Greek
destroyer
VASILISSA OLGA and
forced submarine to surface.
Sustained some damage
to bow structure in collision with submarine
.
Boarding Party removed
documentation and took submarine in tow.
(Note: Details of
Italian minefields were recovered)
Submarine later sank
but Prize crew escaped.
23rd
Sustained slight damage at Benghazi
during air attack.
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9 4 3
January Under
refit
and repair in Alexandria.
On
completion detached for escort of military
convoy to Indian Ocean.
February
4th
Part of escort for rms
QUEEN MARY, rms
AQUITANIA, French liner ILE DE
FRANCE,
Dutch
liner NIEUW AMSTERDAM and
QUEEN OF BERMUDA.
(Note:
These ships were carrying ANZAC troops through
Red Sea on
passage to Australia
after
their recall from Middle East for defence of
Australia,)
HM
Destroyers PAKENHAM, ISIS, DERWENT, HERO and
Greek destroyer
VASILISSA
OLGA were
also part of escort.
(Operation
PAMPHLET).)
Detached
off Socotra
8th
Passage to rejoin Mediterranean Fleet.
Transferred
to Malta and escorted two convoys to Tripoli.
March
Convoy
defence and interception of enemy convoys in
central Mediterranean.
See
ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY and FIGHTING
DESTROYER by GC
Cornell).
15th
Sailed with HMS PALADIN and Greek
VASILISSA OLGA from Malta to join Convoy
MW23
as escort during final stage of passage into
Malta from Egypt
(Operation
POKER).
Joined HM
Destroyers HURWORTH, CROOME and
Greek destroyer KANARIS escorting
MW23
and later came under air attacks after air
cover had left.
17th
Deployed for exercises off Malta.
19th
Sailed from Malta with HM Destroyers
HURSLEY, HURWORTH, CROOME., Greek
destroyers
KANARIS and VASILISSA OLGA as escort for
Convoy ME20 during
initial
part
of passage to Egypt
20th
After detaching from ME20 escorted
tanker OVULA to Malta and on arrival carried
put
unsuccessful interception patrol in Gulf of Hammamet.
22nd
Escorted ss
DESTRO into Malta.
29th
Deployed for further interception
duties which were uneventful.
April
Interception
and convoy defence based at Malta in
continuation
.
16th
Attacked convoy off Sicily with HI Destroyers
NUBIAN and PALADIN.
24th
Damaged in air attack when leaving
Grand Harbour for patrol.
Sustained
several casualties in strafing attacks.
30th
Sank Italian transport FAUNA off
Sicily with HI Destroyer NUBIAN.
May
1st
Deployed with HM Destroyers JERVIS
and NUBIAN for unsuccessful patrol.
4th
Sank Italian torpedo boat PERSEO and
transport CAMPOBASSO off Kelebia,
Tunisia with
HM
Destroyers PALADIN and NUBIAN.
5th
Carried cut patrol with HM
Destroyers ISIS, and VASILISSA OLGA in Souse
area.
7th
Commenced series of patrols off Tunisian
coast to intercept evacuation craft.
(Operation
RETRIBUTION. See above references).
12th
Carried out bombardment of
Pantellaria with HMS ORION.
31st
Provided naval gunfire support prior
to landings in Pantellaria with HM Cruiser
ORION and
HM Destroyer
TROUBRIDGE.
(Operation
CORKSCREW).
June
1st
Bombardment of Pantellaria repeated
with HM Cruiser PENELOPE and HMS PALADIN.
10th
Escorted HM Landing Ship, Infantry LARGS with
HMS PALADIN and HM River Gunboat
APHIS
for passage to Pantelleria carrying 1st
British Division.
16th
Under air attack during patrol off
Pantalleria and
sustained slight damage from
near miss.
18th
Damaged during air raid at Bizerta
when again near missed by three bombs which caused some
flooding.
23rd.
Took
passage to Malta for repair.
July
Resumed
Flotilla duties based at Malta.
Nominated
for support pf planned landings in Sicily
(Operation HUSKY)
8th
Sailed from Malta for HUSKY
11th
Bombarded Favignani
12th
Part of screen for HM Battleships
KING GEORGE V. HOWE, HM Cruisers DIDO and
and
SIRIUS with HM Destroyers JERVIS, PANTHER,
PATHFINDER and PENN to
cover the
allied landings
in Sicily (Operation HUSKY. See ENGAGE THE
ENEMY MORE CLOSELY
by
Corelli Bamett
and Naval Staff History for details).
17th
Embarked General Eisenhower for
passage to assault area to review progress of landings in
BARK area at Avola
and Pachino.
Bombarded
Catania with HM Battleship WARSPITE.
21st
Carried cut bombardment of
positions at Cape Colone,
near Croone,
Sicily with HM
Cruisers
AURORA,
PENELOPE, HM Destroyers TROUBRIDGE, TUMULT,
TYRIAN, QUILLIAM,
OFFA and Polish
PIORUN.
August
Deployed at Bizerta with HI
Destroyers JERVIS, PATHFINDER and PALADIN for
support
of
military operations.
9th
Took
part in bombardment of Castello
di Stabea,
near Naples and Vibo
Valentia
on
west
coast
of
Calabria
(Operation
ANNOYANCE).
14th
Escorted HM Cruisers SIRIUS and
DIDO with HM Destroyer PANTHER to bombard Scalea
south
east of Naples.
15th
Detached to carryout unsuccessful
search for unidentified ship and rejoined.
After
replenishment deployed with same ships for bombardment
of Vibo Valentia.
During
passage took part in attack on convoy and sank
one escort.
16th
Returned to Bizerta after
bombardment.
21st
Escorted HM Cruiser UGANDA with HM
Destroyers RAIDER and LOOKOUT during sweep
in
central
Mediterranean from Spartivento to Rizinto
Took
part in bombardment of Italian mainland.
28th
Deployed
with HM Destroyers PANTHER and
WISHART to escort HM Battleships HOWE,
KING GEORGE V during
exercises off Algiers in preparation
for planned landings
at
Salerno.
31st
Bombarded
Italian coast between Reggio
Calabria and Pessaro
with H M Battleships
NELSON.
and
RODNEY, HM Cruiser ORION, HM Destroyers OFFA,
QUAIL, QUILLIAM, TARTAR
QUEENBOROUGH,
TROUBRIDGE, TYRIAN and Polish destroyer PIORUN
prior to
landings on
Italian
mainland (Operation BAYTOWN) .
September
3rd
Deployed with VASILISSA OLGA to
join H M Escort Carriers BATTLER and STALKER
for
escort
of Convoy UGF10.
5th
Passage to Malta on release from
UGF10.
9th
Deployed with screen for HMS HOWE,
HMS KING GEORGE V, HMS NELSON and
HMS RODNEY to
cover planned allied landings at Salerno.
(Operation
AVALANCHE) and the surrender of Italian
warships at Taranto.
(Operation
SLAPSTICK) For details see above references).
15th
Part of screen for HM Battleships
WARSPITE and VALIANT during the bombardment of
targets
at Salerno. During an air attack on bombarding
ships, was hit by
a shell fired during
the
defensive barrage by assembled ships.
(Note:
Some sources record that this was a 6in shell
from HMS
WARSPITE.
Casualties
included two personnel killed.)
Damage
was caused to cabling.
19th
Escorted aircraft carriers for
part of their return passage to Gibraltar with
HM Destroyers
JERVIS,
PALADIN and PATHFINDER.
22nd
Returned to Malta.
28th
Deployed at Taranto for support
and screening duties.
October
Transferred
to Aegean area to assist in defence of
Dodecanese islands.
4th
Took passage from Taranto with
HM Destroyer PENN to Aegean. 6th
6th
Deployed as screen for HM
Cruisers AURORA and DIDO during interaction
operation in
Kaso Channel to
destroy invasion craft.
(Note:
The two cruisers collided during this
operation).
7th
Joined HMS PANTHER in Alexandria
to screen HM Cruiser CARLISLE during a sweep
of
Scarpanto
Straits
Operation CREDENTIAL).
8th
After unsuccessful search
retired to position SE of Rhodes.
9th
Patrolled off Cos and Leros
with CREDENTIAL Force without success.
Under
air attacks during which HMS PANTHER was sunk
and HMS CARLISLE
damaged
and
disabled. Searched
for survivors from HMS PANTHER.
(Note:
Air cover had been late in arrival)
HMS
CARLISLE was towed to Alexandria but beyond
economic repair.
For
details see WAR IN THE AEGEAN by P Smith
and E Walker).
21st
After
laying up in Turkish waters carried
cut offensive sweep with HM Destroyers
FAULKNOR
south of Levitha
whilst HMS DULVERTON
carried cut bombardment.
23rd
Deployed for transport of troops
to Leros with HM
Destroyer ECLIPSE.
24th
After HMS ECLIPSE was mined
assisted in rescue of troops and ship's
company.
(Note:
42 survivors were taken on board.)
25th
Returned to Alexandria.
29th
Embarked vehicles and personnel
at Alexandria for passage to Leros.
Sailed
with HM Destroyers BEAUFORT and BELVOIR to
meet HM Cruise AURORA.
30th
Under heavy air attacks on
passage and HMS AURORA hit.
Continued
passage after HMS AURORA returned to
Alexandria with HMS
BEAUFORT.
Air
attacks by Ju88 maintained and ships diverted
to Casteloriso.
November
Support
in defence of Leros
in continuation.
3rd
Sank three invasion craft.
11th
Bombarded Calino
and Levitha
with HM Destroyer ROCKWOOD and Polish
destroyer ORP
KRAKOWIAK.
Towed
damaged destroyer HMS ROCKWOOD to Turkish
waters after Glider Bomb
attack.
.
For details see
above references and A SAILORS WAR by S
Lombard
Hobson).
December
Eastern
Mediterranean deployment in continuation.
Maintenance
and leave period at Haifa.
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9 4 4
January
10th
Transferred to Indian Ocean for
service in Eastern Fleet with HM Destroyers
PENN
PALADIN and PATHFINDER
15th
Took passage to Kilindini as
escort for HM Battleships QUEEN ELIZABETH,
VALIANT
and
HM Aircraft Carrier
ILLUSTRIOUS.
28th
Joined 11th Destroyer Flotilla
in Eastern Fleet as 16th Division with the
other
destroyers
transferred from the Mediterranean.
February Nominated
for escort of military convoy from Kilindini
to Ceylon.
Passage
to Mombasa with HMS
PALADIN.
(Note:
HMS PENN was unable to take part as she was
under repair.).
Arrived at Kilindini
5th
Sailed from Kilindini as escort
for Convoy KR8 during passage to Colombo with
HM
Cruiser
HAWKINS, HM Destroyer PALADIN, HM Cutters
LULWORTH, SENNEN and
HM
Corvette HONESTY.
(Note:
Convoy comprised five troop transports
carrying army and naval
personnel including
WRNS,
ATS and QARNNS)
9th
HMS LULWORTH, HMS SENNEN and
HMS HONESTY detached and returned to
Kilindini.
(Note:
These ships had insufficient fuel capacity to
remain for whole
voyage.)
12th
Convoy
under attack by Japanese submarine I27.
Troopship
KHEDIVE ISMAIL was hit by two torpedoes and
sank very quickly.
(Note:
KHEDIVE ISMAIL was carrying 1,115 personnel of
whom only 214
were
rescued.)
After
ASDIC contact carried cut depth charge attack
on I27 with HMS
PALADIN.
(Note:
Some these fell amongst the survivors and
caused many deaths.
The
current Admiralty policy required attacks to
be made on submarines
regardless
of
danger to survivors in the water, the Captain
was thus not
blamed for the
deaths of
any
of the survivors from KHEDIVE ISMAIL.)
Submarine
surfaced and was then engaged by surface
gunfire from both
destroyers.
(Note:
Decision by captain of HMS PALADIN to ram was
not countermanded
in time
to
prevent
a collision and as a result HMS PALADIN
sustained serious
damage and was
totally
disabled.
Some
sources state that failure to sink 127 was due
to lack of suitable
ammunition
for
this
type of engagement.
Despite
normal procedure, an attack by single torpedo
firing was carried
out.
(Note:
Six of the eight
torpedoes carried failed to hit the submarine
which was at a range of
1,000
yards.
Fortunately
the
7th missile hit and sank 127.
.
Embarked
survivors from KHEDIVE ISMAIL rescued by HMS
PALADIN and
personnel
not
required for damage control and repair.
Took
HMS PALADIN in tow and commenced passage to Addu
Atoll.
13th
Tow parted on arrival but
re-established to allow entry.
HMS
PALADIN was secured alongside tanker BRITISH
LOYALTY.)
(Note:
For full details of this disaster and the
destruction of 127 see
PASSAGE
TO
DESTINY
by Brian Crabb
which includes names of
all casualties and the
survivors.
WAR
WITH JAPAN (HMSO) also gives more
information.)
26th
Escorted Convoy KR9 to Addu
Atoll.
March
Escorted
Convoy BA66A from Colombo to Aden and returned
as cover for the
French
battleship
RICHELIEU on passage to join Eastern Fleet.
April
18th
Part of Eastern Fleet Task
Force 69 with ships of Flotilla as destroyer
screen for HM
Battleships
QUEEN ELIZABETH, VALIANT, French battleship
RICHELIEU to
cover air
attacks
by HM Aircraft Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS and US
aircraft carrier USS
SARATOGA
on
airfields at Sabang,
Sumatra
(Operation
COCKPIT - For details of operations in Indian
Ocean see
OPERATION
PACIFIC
by E Gray, WAR WITH JAPAN (HMSO) and THE
FORGOTTEN FLEET by
J
Winton.)
May
Eastern
Fleet deployment in continuation.
to
Withdrawn from operations for refit in
UK.
July
August
2nd
Took passage to UK via Indian
Ocean for long refit.
September
Paid
off on arrival at Portsmouth and taken in hand
for refit.
to
(Note:
Work carried out included
replacement of single 4in mountings in B and
December X
positions
by twin mountings. A-mounting was removed.
Lattice
design foremast fitted to
suit new radar aerial fit
1
9 4 5
January
Under
refit
to
February
March
Post
refit trials and re-commissioned for service
in Eastern Fleet on
completion.
20th
Arrived at Scapa Flow to work-up
with Home
Fleet.
April
Withdrawn
from work-up for repair to propeller.
6th
Taken in hand for repair at
line shipyard.
May
27th
On completion of
repair prepared for
return to complete work-up.
June
2nd
Resumed work-up at Scapa
Flow.
11th
Under repair in Clyde and
prepared for passage to Ceylon.
25th
Took
passage for Mediterranean with
call at Gibraltar.
July
8th
At
Alexandria and carried out exercises in
eastern Mediterranean.
31st
Took passage from
Alexandria for Ceylon.
August
8th
Arrived at Colombo for
service in 33rd Division of 10th Destroyer
Flotilla.
(Note:
Flotilla also included m Destroyers TARTAR,
NUBIAN, PALADIN, and PENN.
Prepared
for operational
service in support of planned landings in
Malaya.
(Note:
Operation ZIPPER had been postponed due to
administrative problems in UK
relating
to release of personnel
In the Far East, under the PYTHON Scheme and
US
insistence
on delay. See THE FORGOTTEN FLEET by J
Winton,
WAR WITH
JAPAN
(HMSO and the Final Report
by Supreme Commander SEAC (HMSO).)
Passage to Malacca
Strait for support of ZIPPER.
9th Arrived
at Trincomalee
17th
Sailed from Trincomalee
September
1st
Provided cover for
minesweeping operations.
2nd
Present at formal surrender
at Penang
6th
Passage to beaches.
9th
Present at landings on
MORIB Beach for support duties.
15th
Deployed at Singapore for
patrol and support of military operations in
Dutch East Indies.
P
o s t W a r N o t e s
HMS PETARD returned to Ceylon with the Flotilla. On release from
service at Singapore,
she remained in the East Indies
Fleet and was transferred to the 6th Destroyer
Flotilla. Visits were paid to
ports in India before her return to UK
in May 1946. On arrival at Chatham she joined
the
Local Flotilla for a few weeks before being
paid off and reduced to Reserve
status at Harwich in September 1946. The ship
was laid up until 1953 when
transferred to Chatham. In May 1953 after
selection for conversion to' a Type
16 A/S Frigate she was refitted at Belfast.
Completed in December May 1955 she
was again put in Reserve and laid up at
Devonport after her equipment had been
preserved in Southampton. She was
re-commissioned in September 1960 for service
at Plymouth to replace HM Frigate ULYSSES in
the Local Flotilla until April
1961 when refitted at Chatham. On completion
in June 1962 she rejoined the Reserve Fleet.
Placed on the Disposal List
in 1966 the ship was sold to BISCO on 18 May
1967 for demolition by McLellan,
at Bo’ness on the
Forth.
The ship arrived in tow to be broken upon 2
June that year
S p e c i a l N o t e
HMS PETARD had an almost unrivalled war service, matched only by
the few destroyers which were in commission in
1939 and survived WW2. She was
involved in sinking submarines of the German,
Italian and Japanese navies as
well as playing a significant role in defence
of Malta convoys, and the valiant
efforts to hold the Aegean
Islands.
Addendum
CONVOY
ESCORT MOVEMENTS of
HMS PETARD
by
Don Kindell
These
convoy lists have not been cross-checked
with the text above
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Date
convoy sailed
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Joined
convoy as escort
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Convoy No.
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Left
convoy
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Date
convoy arrived
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16/11/42
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18/11/42
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MW
013
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16/11/42
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20/11/42
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03/12/42
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05/12/42
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MW
014
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01/12/42
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05/12/42
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17/12/42
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20/12/42
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ME
012
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17/12/42
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20/12/42
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10/02/44
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14/02/44
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KR
008
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05/02/44
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14/02/44
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28/02/44
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05/03/44
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KR
009
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24/02/44
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019B
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(Note
on Convoys)
MEMORIAL
TO THOMAS BROWN of HMS PETARD
NAAFI
Canteen Assistant Brown was awarded the
George Medal for his part in capturing
Enigma material on 30 October 1942.
Click
her for more information and his
memorial in North Shields.
With
thanks to Janet Brown of the North East War
Memorials Project, 29 July 2012