Wartime Activities

Royal Indian Navy 1944

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

Wartime Activities

1944           Royal Indian Navy

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

For services off the coast of Burma May 1942 (Gazette date – 20/10/42)

MID           SLt(E)        Elton Clinton Dessanges RNVR

MID           SLt Arthur Wright Burma RNVR (Post)

MID           LSto           George Arthur Kinsman Burma RNVR

For services as a pilot during a patrol off the coast of Burma May 1942 (Gazette date – 23/1/45)

BEM(Civ)  Ibrahim

Known Crew

SLt(E)        Elton Clinton Dessanges RNVR

SLt             Arthur Wright Burma RNVR

LSto           George Arthur Kinsman Burma RNVR

Civ             Ibrahim

Wartime Activities

5/42            Patrols off the coast of Burma

1944           Royal Indian Navy

Post War Fate

3/47            For disposal

 

For services off the coast of Burma May 1942

DSC          Lt   Alistair Campbell  Burma RNVR

Known Crew

Lt               Alistair Campbell  Burma RNVR

Wartime Activities

5/42            Patrols off the coast of Burma

1944           Royal Indian Navy

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

For services off the coast of Burma May 1942

MID           Lt               Bo Kin Maung Burma RNVR

MID           TSLt          Herbert Ernest Brewer HKRNVR

MID           SLt             Gyi Kin Pe Burma RNVR

MID           Lt               James Godfrey McCulloch Burma RNVR

MID           Lt               Pe Than Burma RNVR

MID           Lt               Valdemar Dallas Wickner Burma RNVR

Known Crew

Lt               Bo Kin Maung Burma RNVR

TSLt          Herbert Ernest Brewer HKRNVR

SLt             Gyi Kin Pe Burma RNVR

Lt               James Godfrey McCulloch Burma RNVR

Lt               Pe Than Burma RNVR

Lt               Valdemar Dallas Wickner Burma RNVR

Wartime Activities

5/42            Patrols off the coast of Burma

1944           Royal Indian Navy

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

Known Crew

SLt             Henry James Stanley Kenya RNVR (Commanding Officer 25/10/43 – 7/45)  He had served in the Merchant Navy with the British India Line and attempted to join the Tanganika RNR at Dar Es Salaam and joined the Kenya RNR in 1942.  In 1946, he served in HMS Tana the base at Kilindini, Kenya

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

                   ML3502

1949           Malayan Navy = Sri Trengganu

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

20/4/47       Sold to Portugal for service in Macao

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

4/48            Sold

 

Award of Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for rescue of survivors from HDML 1057

Eng            Solomon G Kennar

For removing a burning demolition charge (Gazette date – 23/1/45)

MID           AB             Bertie Reginald John Green LT/JX378346

Known Crew

Eng            Solomon G Kennar

AB             Bertie Reginald John Green LT/JX378346

Wartime Activities

13/10/44     ML1057 is an accidental loss, by explosion of demolition charges, at Kilindini, Kenya. ML 1108 rescued survivors

Post War Fate

20/4/47       Sold to Portugal for service in Macao

 

Known Crew

AB             Thippa Vankatajarapathy Ananth Rahman 10119. who died on 23/04/1944 Age 22 cause unknown. Son of Venkatachelupathy and Kupp Amal, of Woriur, Trichinopoly, India

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           To India upon partition

8/51            ML 3110

1972             Listed in Janes Fighting Ships as SPC 3110 serving in 321st sea/land Patrol Craft Squadron

 

 

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           To India upon partition

8/51            ML3112

 

1972             Listed in Janes Fighting Ships as SPC 3112 serving in 321st sea/land Patrol Craft Squadron

 

Known Crew

Topass       Murugesan 28869 Who died on Saturday 15 September 1945 Age 31 cause unknown. Son of Subburoyan, of Vandamangalam, South Arcot, India

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

Known Crew

SLt              B Winter RINVR (Commanding Officer)

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

11/46          For disposal

 

For Operations Blast and Bandoola (Eastern Fleet ML operations in late 1943) (Gazette date - 2/5/44)

MID           Lt   Anthony Raymond Southwell Pritchard-Davies RINVR

Known Crew

Lt                Anthony Raymond Southwell Pritchard-Davies RINVR (Commanding Officer)

Lt                Simpson RINVR

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

                   Operations Blast and Bandoola (Eastern Fleet Late 1943)

7/1/44         HDML 1115 and HDML 1120 sailed from Chittagong to land agents in the Irrawaddy Delta (A trip exceeding 1000 miles that MLs could not make). ML 477 relayed radio messages.

Post War Fate

11/46          For disposal

 

Known Crew

Lt                W T Mackinnon (Commanding Officer and Senior Officer 121^st ML Flotilla)

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

11/46          For disposal

 

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           To India upon partition

8/51            ML 3117

1972         Listed in Janes Fighting Ships as SPC 3117 serving in 321st sea/land Patrol Craft Squadron

 

 

Known Crew

SLt             R Rowe RINVR (Commanding Officer)

SLt             S Sen RINVR killed in an attack by friendly aircraft on Saturday 7 October 1944

MtrEng1     D Joshua 77213 killed in an attack by friendly aircraft on Saturday 7 October 1944) on loan from HDML 1120

AB             A Appachan 8116 killed in an attack by friendly aircraft on Saturday 7 October 1944

OrdSig       R Gopal Krishan 14176 killed in an attack by friendly aircraft on Saturday 7 October 1944) on loan from HDML 1120

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           To India upon partition

8/51            ML 3118

 

Known Crew

SLt              Timothy H Donald RINVR died on Saturday 7 October 1944 of wounds received in an attack by friendly aircraft

LSea           Yusuf Muhammad 4952 killed in an attack by friendly aircraft on Saturday 7 October 1944

AB              Majid Abdul 13702 killed in an attack by friendly aircraft on Saturday 7 October 1944

AB              R Fernandes 19621 killed in an attack by friendly aircraft on Saturday 7 October 1944 Age 25. Son of D. Martin Fernandes, of Kallikulam, Tinnevelly, India

OTel           Ved Prakash 9811 killed in an attack by friendly aircraft on Saturday 7 October 1944 Age: 20.  Son of Jagan Nath, of Galli Shiv Shayamal, Delhi, India

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

137^th ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

7/10/44       Sunk in an attack by friendly aircraft

 

Known Crew

Lt                E W Oakley RINVR (Commanding Officer)

MtrEng1      D S Joshua 77213 Who died on Saturday 7 October 1944 Age 29 whilst in HDML 1118. Husband of Edna Joshua, of Godavari, India

OrdSig        R Gopal Krishan 14176 who died on Saturday 7 October 1944 Age 19 whilst in HDML 1118

Wartime Activities

                   Royal Indian Navy

121^st ML Flotilla

7/1/44         HDML 1115 and HDML 1120 sailed from Chittagong to land agents in the Irrawaddy Delta (A trip exceeding 1000 miles that MLs could not make). ML 477 relayed radio messages.

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

31/12/43     Foundered off Pantelleria, Central Mediterranean

 

New Years Honours 1946

DSM          Sea                        William Charles Bruce Wilson LT/JX241305

New Years Honours 1947

BEM          LSea          James Robert Plant LT/JX177107

Known Crew

LSea          James Robert Plant LT/JX177107

Sea            William Charles Bruce Wilson LT/JX241305

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

1946           Sold

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

10/46          Sold

 

Wartime Activities

9/42            ML 1124, ML 1135, ML 1153, ML 1243, ML 1245, ML 1256, ML 1282, ML 1294 and ML 1296 are all transferred to the Turkish Navy. ML 1153 is lost on passage to Turkey

                   = LM1

 

Known Crew

SLt              A R Pritchard-Davies RINVR (Commanding Officer)

Wartime Activities

1943           Royal Australian Navy

1944           Royal Indian Navy

120^th ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

27/6/46       Palestine Police . Used on patrols to stop illegal imigration.

(Photo in Imperial War Museum archive, Ref A15792)

 

Wartime Activities

8/9/43         Operation Ferdy Landing at Vibo Valentia, Italy.
Group One consisting of ML 1127 with nine LCI(L)s
At 0800, with Rear Admiral Rhoderick R McGrigor, Flag Officer Sicily and supervising the landing, embarked, MTB 77 is around three miles west of the small harbour when an air attack develops. A near miss from a bomb dropped by a FW 190 explodes two feet from the starboard quarter and rips out the bottom of the boat. Rear Admiral Rhoderick R McGrigor is blown off the bridge and lands on the deck injuring a leg. MTB 77 sinks off Vibo Valentia, Italy and survivors are recovered by HDML 1128 which hoists the admiral’s flag.
ML 1128 takes over as the flagship of Rear Admiral Rhoderick R McGrigor who continues to direct operations despite a leg injury. ML 1128 leads an LST, carrying artillery, into the beach under heavy fire. Landing the artillery proves to be the turning point of the action. ML 1128 is hit forty times during the action..

16/11/43     Free French - VP 9

Post War Fate

 

For Operation Husky - Invasion of Sicily (Gazette date – 21/12/43)

MID           TL  t           Douglas John Browne RANVR

MID           ACMMch Daniel Greenhalgh D/MX74299

For Operations Baytown and Ferdy 9/43 (Gazette date – 25/1/44)

MID           LSea          Jack Skeels D/SSX17799

Known Crew

TLt       Douglas John Browne RANVR

ACMMch Daniel Greenhalgh D/MX74299

LSea    Jack Skeels D/SSX17799

Wartime Activities

10/7/43       Operation Husky Invasion of Sicily

3/9/43         Operation Baytown - Landing at Reggio

8/9/43         Operation Ferdy Landing at Vibo Valentia, Italy.

                   Group One consisting of ML 1127 with nine LCI(L)s

0800           With Rear Admiral Rhoderick R McGrigor, Flag Officer Sicily and supervising the landing, embarked, MTB 77 is around three miles west of the small harbour when an air attack develops. A near miss from a bomb dropped by a FW 190 explodes two feet from the starboard quarter and rips out the bottom of the boat. Rear Admiral Rhoderick R McGrigor is blown off the bridge and lands on the deck injuring a leg. MTB 77 sinks off Vibo Valentia, Italy and survivors are recovered by HDML 1128 which hoists the admiral’s flag.
ML 1128 takes over as the flagship of Rear Admiral Rhoderick R McGrigor who continues to direct operations despite a leg injury. ML 1128 leads an LST, carrying artillery, into the beach under heavy fire. Landing the artillery proves to be the turning point of the action. ML 1128 is hit forty times during the action..

1944           Free French - VP 6

Post War Fate

 

 

Wartime Activities

7/11/42       Royal Australian Navy
Training duties on the East Coast

Post War Fate

10/12/47     Sold

1993           = Vagabond II, Based in Australia

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

1946                      Sold , became Devon Princess.

1996                    Beached and burned at Topsham

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

1946           Sold

 

Known Crew

Lt                Green RNZNVR (In command 2/44 - Previously ML 173 as First Lieutenant)

Wartime Activities

20/9/43       Free French

1944           VP 8

Known Crew

Wartime Activities

1/9/43         Free French

1944           VP 7

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

7/46            For disposal at Gibraltar

 

Wartime Activities

9/42            ML 1124, ML 1135, ML 1153, ML 1243, ML 1245, ML 1256, ML 1282, ML 1294 and ML 1296 are all transferred to the Turkish Navy. ML 1153 is lost on passage to Turkey

                   = LM 2

 

Wartime Activities

1944           Free French - VP 14

Post War Fate

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

18/12/45     Sold at Freetown, Sierra Leone

 

Known Crew

Wartime Activities

5/43            Free French

1944           VP 2

 

Wartime Activities

1942           Deployed, under sail, from the United Kingdom to Gibraltar

1944           VP 6

 

(Additional picture in Imperial War Museum archive, Ref FL5830))

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

                   Air Safety Launch = ASL 7

1946           Gannet

1/3/57         Sold

 

Wartime Activities

30/8/43       Free French

1944           VP 22

 

Wartime Activities

14/1/44       Free French - VP13

Post War Fate

 

For firefighting following an explosion in ML387 in Beirut 5/3/44

MID     EdeV2 Roger Boura FNR

Known Crew

EdeV2 Roger Boura FNR

Wartime Activities

1943           Free French - Paymyre VP31

5/3/44         ML 1007, ML1143 (Free French), ML1158 and ML1164 (Free French) are engaged in fire fighting after an explosion in ML 387 at Beirut. Four men are mentioned in despatches. ML 387 is lost and her Commanding Officer is awarded an Albert Medal for fire fighting until the boat blew up

Post War Fate

 

Wartime Activities

26/2/44       Free French VP15

Post War Fate

 

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

5/1/46         Palestine Police . Used on patrols to stop illegal immigration.

(Picture in Imperial War Museum Archive, Ref A15710))

 

Salvage of a Catalina aircraft at Gibraltar (Gazette Date 11/4/43)

MID           TSLt          Bertram John Green RNZNVR

Known Crew

TSLt          Bertram John Green RNZNVR

Wartime Activities

                   Salvage of a Catalina aircraft at Gibraltar (Gazette Date 11/4/43)

Post War Fate

1946           Sold , used on patrols to stop illegal immigration.

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

6/45            For disposal

 

Known Crew

Lt                Khan (Commanding Officer)

Wartime Activities

1943           Royal Indian Navy

120^th ML Flotilla

Post War Fate

1947           Sold

 

Wartime Activities

Post War Fate

4/9/45         Greek - Kissoura

1962           For disposal