HDML 1027
Bute Slip, Clyde, Scotland 9/5/41
Known Crew
- TLt R W Crowe RNVR TLt 5/9/42 Commanding Officer HDML 1027 7/12/42 103rd ML Flotilla Based at HMS Forte 11th ML Flotilla Commanding Officer ML 907 22/3/44 Operation Neptune Invasion of Normandy Based at Portsmouth Navigation Leader at Omaha Beach 34th ML Flotilla Arakan. Transferred ashore in Trombay after hospitalization for back problems
- Skipper E E Whitcombe RNR Skipper 1/7/40 Commanding Officer HDML 1027 19/4/44 Operation Neptune Invasion of Normandy 103rd ML Flotilla Plymouth during Assault Phase
Wartime Activities
- 1/7/41 103rd ML Flotilla
Based 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 = FDB46
- 1/46 For disposal
