HDML 1209
R A Newman, Hamworthy, Dorset 11/5/42
Known Crew
- TLt M C G Daveney RNVR TSLt 19/10/41 HMS Edinburgh Castle (Freetown, Sierra Leone) for MLs 8/42 Commanding Officer HDML 1209 1/9/42 TLt 17/10/43 65th ML Flotilla based HMS Mentor II, Stornoway ML 531
- TLt E C Thatcher RNVR TSLt 9/4/43 ML 492 16/5/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1209 7/12/44 HMS Philoctetes II (Freetown, Sierra Leone) TLt 9/4/45
Wartime Activities
- 4/9/42 ML 1209 and ML 1089 joined from U.K. by freight
- 5/11/42 ML 285, ML 1019, ML 244, ML 1041, ML 1209, HMS Bengali sailed to search for submarine reported by Catalina aircraft in position 17 miles 140 degrees from Takoradi, whilst on passage Lagos to Bathurst. Negative result
- 6/11/42 ML 1209, ML 1041, ML 1052, ML 285, HMS St Wistan arrived at Takoradi
- 4/2/43 HMS Inkpen and HMS Arran, with ML 1141 and ML 1209, sailed from Freetown for Bathurst and Dakar with 3 merchant ships.
- 7/2/43 HMS Arran with ML 1141 and ML 1209 arrived Bathurs,t escorting one merchant ship
- 12/2/43 HMS Inkpen with ML 1141 and ML 1209 sailed from Bathurst to meet Convoy SR 1
- 14/3/43 ML 1209 and ML 1141 arrived in Bathurst from Dakar, escorting SS Matang
Post War History
- 18/12/45 Sold Freetown, Sierra Leone