HDML 1162

Ekins, Christchurch, Dorset 14/5/42

1162 in the Adriatic, May 1945
Photo courtesy Andrew Hill, son of K F Hill

Known Crew

  • TLt C D Burrows RNZNVR TSLt HMS St Christopher for MLs 13/4/42 TLt 25/1/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1162 25/1/43
  • TLt Bertram John Green RNZNVR TLt 5/3/43 HDML 1146 5/3/43 Salvage of a Catalina aircraft at Gibraltar MID Commanding Officer HDML 1162 15/1/44 HMNZS Cook (depot & training establishment, Wellington, NZ)
  • TLt R W Ollis RNVR TSLt 17th MGB Flotilla Based at Great Yarmouth MGB 609 8/6/42 HMS Midge (Great Yarmouth) for minelayers 5/10/42 17th MGB Flotilla Commanding Officer MGB 610 1/3/43 Lt 2/4/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1395 6/10/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1162 10/10/44
  • TSLt K F Hill RNVR HDML 1162 15/6/44 TSLt 20/8/44

Wartime Activities

  • Mediterranean
  • 11/42 Operation Torch – Invasion of Algeria
  • 14/12/44 Destroyer HMS Aldenham hits a mine 50 nautical miles southeast of Pola and sank. 63 of the crew, including the commander, are saved by destroyer HMS Atherstone, ML 238 and HDML 1162, the death toll is 126

Post War History

  • 1946 Sold
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