HDML 1066

Blackmore, Bideford, Devon 20/8/41

Known Crew

TLt E C Mercer RNVR TSLt HMS St Christopher for MLs 23/2/42 TLt 12/6/42 HMS St Christopher for MLs 30/9/42 108th ML Flotilla (Freetown, Sierra Leone) Commanding Officer HDML 1066 9/43 HMS Melampus (Dakar) 1944 51st ML Flotilla Commanding Officer ML 100 26/3/45
TSLt T Blair RNVR TSLt 8/4/44 108th ML Flotilla (Freetown, Sierra Leone) Commanding Officer HDML 1066 1/9/44 HMS Turtle (Poole)
TMid P D Catlow RNVR TMid 10/3/44 108th ML Flotilla (Freetown, Sierra Leone) HDML 1066 12/44 TASLt 18/12/44 110th ML Flotilla HDML 1086 18/12/44

Wartime Activities

1/1/42 108th ML Flotilla
Based at Freetown, Sierra Leone
ML 1044, ML 1050, ML 1065 and ML 1066 delivered.
ML 1028, ML 1076, ML 1077 and ML 1078 on the Clyde awaiting freighting
2/9/42 ML 1066 left Bathurst for Bissao, Portuguese Guinea, to collect five survivors from a Sunderland aircraft
5/9/42 ML 1066 returned to Bathurst from Bissao with five survivors from a Sunderland aircraft
17/12/42 Anti-submarine Trawler HMS Portsdown with ML 1044 and ML 1066 sailed from Freetown for Bathurst escorting one merchant vessel
21/12/42 Anti-submarine Trawler HMS Portsdown with ML 1044 and ML 1066 arrived in Bathurst from escort duties
1/3/43 ML 1065 and ML 1066 sailed from Bathurst and arrived in Dakar
30/3/43 ML 1065 and ML 1066 sailed from Port Etienne escorting three merchant vessels to Dakar
1/4/43 ML 1065 and ML 1066 arrived in Dakar from Port Etienne escorting SS Mary Kingsley, Buffle, and Persistant
2/4/43 HMS Orfasy with ML 1065 and ML 1066 sailed from Dakar escorting SS Medie II and SS Finisterre to meet HMS Burdock and HMS Inkpen escorting SS Tovelil from Bathurst and subsequently to join Convoy SL 127.
3/4/43 ML 1065 and ML 1066 arrived Bathurst from Port Etienne escorting SS Alsace

Post War History

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