HDML 1025

Berthon Boat, Lymington 18/6/41

Known Crew

  • TLt L S A Jones RNVR TSLt 103rd ML Flotilla Commanding Officer HDML 1025 1/10/42 TLt 11/12/42 Commanding Officer ML 263 26/11/44 HMS Philoctetes II (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
  • TSLt H C C Mossop RNVR 103rd ML Flotilla 3/43 TSLt 19/4/43 HDML 1025 HDML 1394 26/6/44
  • TSLt R R G Gallichan RNVR OS HMS Hood HMS King Alfred 103rd ML Flotilla Based at Falmouth First Lieutenant HDML 1025 HMS Hornet for small craft 9/8/41 TLt 1/11/42 Commanding Officer MASB 25 1/4/43 For minefield clearance in the Dover Command area DSC 7th ML Flotilla Based on Portsmouth Commanding Officer ML 303 4/44 Operation Neptune Invasion of Normandy
  • Skipper J Cookson RNR Skipper 20/8/40 Commanding Officer HDML 1025 20/9/44 – End
  • TSkipper D M McArthur RNR TSkipper 1/2/43 HDML 1025 3/6/45
  • Skipper A L Whittleton RNR Skipper 29/8/40 HDML 1025 7/2/45

Wartime Activities

  • 1/7/41 103rd ML Flotilla
    Based at Falmouth on completion
    ML 1009, ML 1013, ML 1025, ML 1027, ML 1033, ML 1034, ML 1035 and ML 1053. Mostly at Plymouth
  • 1/1/42 103rd ML Flotilla
    ML 1013, ML 1027, ML 1033, ML 1053 at Falmouth
    ML 1009, ML 1025, ML 1034 and ML 1035 based in Plymouth
  • 6/44 Operation Neptune Invasion of Normandy
    103rd ML Flotilla Plymouth during Assault Phase
    ML 1009, ML 1013, ML 1021, ML 1025, ML 1027, ML 1033, ML 1034, ML 1035

Post War History

  • Fast Despatch Boat = FDB69
  • 1947 Sold
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