HDML 1076

McLean, Renfrew Scotland 1/8/41

Known Crew

TLt I D B Newman RNVR 108th ML Flotilla Based at Freetown Commanding Officer HDML 1076 24/5/43 TLt 11/9/43 HMS Black Bat (Devonport) 1944 10th ML Flotilla Based at Plymouth Commanding Officer ML 259 24/8/44
TSLt M Matthews RNVR TSLt 24/3/44 108th ML Flotilla Based at Freetown HDML 1076 20/4/44 HMS Philoctetes II (Freetown, Sierra Leone) HDML 1471
TSLt R T Hignell RNVR 18th ML Flotilla Based at HMS Mentor II, Stornoway ML 227 17/4/43 TSLt 11/6/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1076 2/1/45

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
28/12/42 ML 1076, ML 1077, ML 1160, and ML 1089 sailed from Freetown to carry out an A/S Sweep
10/1/43 ML 1077 and ML 1076 arrived Freetown, escorting SS Pinzon
14/1/43 ML 1077 and ML 1076 arrived Bathurst, from Freetown, escorting SS Pinzon
29/1/43 HMS Fandango with ML 1077 and ML 1076 sailed from Bathurst for Freetown escorting SS Empire Limba
31/1/43 HMS Fandango with ML 1077 and ML 1076 arrived in Freetown from Bathurst escorting SS Empire Limba
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

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