HDML 1047
Berthon Boat, Lymington 22/8/41
Known Crew
- Skipper R J Spalding RNR Skipper 1/8/40 106th ML Flotilla Operating in Iceland HDML 1045 16/9/42 Commanding Officer HDML 1075 3/11/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1047 19/1/45
- Skipper P Reid RNR Commanding Officer HDML 1047 4/2/44 Act ChSkipper 29/8/44 Commanding Officer HDML 1075 19/1/45
- Skipper G H Douse RNR Skipper 1/9/44 HDML 1047 7/2/45 (DSM) BYMS 2038
- L.Sea Denis George Dodds C/JX233315 First coxswain HDML 1047 17/08/41. HMS King Alfred 4/42; Cardiff University Naval Division 8/42-2/46 as officer instructor.
Wartime Activities
- 22/08/41 Commissioned at Gosport
- 1/10/41 Based HMS Claverhouse, Granton & Leith
Harbour defence in Firth of Forth. - 1/1/42 109th ML Flotilla
Based at Scapa Flow
ML 1047, ML 1054, ML 1055, ML 1056, ML 1060, ML 1075, ML 1081 and ML 1085 - 1/42 At Scapa Flow
- 8/42 At HMS Hornet, Gosport
Post War History
- Fast Despatch Boat = FDB 51
- 1947 Chinese Navy
Photograph courtesy Michael Dodds, son of Denis Dodds
Record of service L.Sea Dodds
Photograph courtesy Michael Dodds, son of Denis Dodds
Photograph courtesy Michael Dodds, son of Denis Dodds
