HDML 1018

HDML 1018

Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland 6/3/41

Known Crew

• Lt R G Wallis RNVR TSLt 20/11/42 4th ML Flotilla First Lieutenant ML 122 15/3/43 Lt 1/12/44 104th ML Flotilla Based at Freetown, Sierra Leone HDML 1018

Wartime Activities

• 1/7/41 104th ML Flotilla
  Based at Greenock to be freighted to Freetown, Sierra Leone
  ML 1006, ML 1014, ML 1016, ML 1018, ML 1019, ML 1041, ML 1042 and ML 1052
• 1/42 104th ML Flotilla
  Based at Freetown, Sierra Leone
  ML 1006, ML 1016 and ML 1052 are at Freetown
  ML 1014, ML 1018, ML 1019 and ML 1042 are at Lagos
  ML 1041 is at Takoradi
• 7/12/42 ML 1014 and ML 1018 sailed from Lagos for Takoradi
• 9/12/42 HMS Rumba, HMS Copinsay, ML 1018 and ML 1014 arrived at Takoradi
• 13/1/43 ML 1018 and ML 1014 sailed from Takoradi to investigate RAF report of an oil patch and sharks in approximate position 4-33N, 1-24W
• 14/1/43 ML 1018 and ML 1014 returned to Takoradi with a negative result
• 15/1/43 ML 1018 sailed from Takoradi for further investigation of oil patch reported by the RAF on 12th January
• 16/1/43 ML 1018 returned to Takoradi after further investigation of the oil patch and reported that a submarine was observed stationary on the surface in position 04-44N, 1-54W and that she had also sighted the oil patch, samples of which were brought back.
• 17/1/43 ML 1014 and ML 1018 from Trinidad carried out A/S search to the west of 3-30W and in the area of the oil patch, which was reported by the RAF on the 12th January
• 18/1/43 ML 1018 and ML 1014 returned to Takoradi from an A/S search
• 17/2/43 ML 272, ML 265 and ML 1018 arrived in Takoradi from Lagos
• 23/2/43 FFS Commandant Bory with ML 1018 sailed from Takoradi for Freetown
• 1/3/43 ML 1016 and ML 1042 sailed from Lagos for Takoradi to relieve ML 1014 and ML 1018
• 2/3/43 FS Commandant Bory with ML 1018 arrived in Freetown from Takoradi
• 3/3/43 ML 1016 and ML 1043 arrived in Takoradi from Lagos to relieve M.L 1014 and ML 1018
• 18/4/43 FS La Malouine, ML 1076, ML 287, ML 1137, ML 1018, ML 296 and ML 279 sailed from Freetown for a submarine hunt
• 20/4/43 ML 296, ML 279, ML 1018 and ML 1076 returned to Freetown from submarine hunt

Post War History

• 1/46 For disposal at Freetown, Sierra Leone