HDML 1401
Hillyard, Littlehampton, West Sussex 5/44
London Gazette 18/12/44 – For good service distributing instructions in the assault anchorage after the first landings in Normandy
- MID LSea William Watson LT/X18691A
Known Crew
- TSLt B T Blenkinsop RNVR TSLt 19/6/42 17th ML Flotilla Based on Freetown, Sierra Leone ML 256 4/9/42 HMS Leonidas (Takoradi) Commanding Officer HDML 1401 8/5/44 Operation Neptune – Invasion of Normandy TLt 19/12/44
- TASLt F A Farrell RNVR First Lieutenant HDML 1401 8/5/44 Operation Neptune – Invasion of Normandy TSLt 21/7/44
- LSea William Watson LT/X18691A HDML 1401 For good service distributing instructions in the assault anchorage after the first landings in Normandy MID
- Sea John Elden LT/JX 280696 HDML 1401 died on Saturday 2 December 1944 cause unknown
Wartime Activities
- Operation Neptune – Invasion of Normandy
- Distributing instructions in assault anchorage after the first landings in Normandy (Gazette – Date 18/12/44)
Post War History
- 1946 Sold Yacht = Keredon
HDML 1401 Belen with Fairmile B Silver Star behind
