HDML 1295
Sussex Shipbuilding Company, Shoreham, Sussex 12/11/43
Known Crew
- TLt D H Brownridge RNVR TSLt 21/5/42 HMS St Christopher for MLs 21/8/42 TLt 21/5/43 Commanding Officer HDML 1295 27/9/43
- TASLt M E Borrett RNVR TMid 26/3/43 HMS King Alfred TASLt 1/9/43 HDML 1295 28/9/43 TSLt 1/3/44
Hong Kong Flotilla:
- Peter Coulson (Commanding Officer)
- Ninian Stewart (Commanding Officer)
- C.E.M Thorneycroft. MBE BA Commanding Officer)
- Sea George Fieldstone J820186 Also served in ML 3503
- Sea Derek Knowles P/SSX 864548
- Sea Ronald Walsh P/JX. 912933
- ME Ernest Hodgkins P/SKX. 870228
- ME Ron Pillinger D/SKX 872176
- Tel Stanley Cobb (MBE) P/JX899272
Wartime Activities
- 6/44 Operation Neptune – Invasion of Normandy
149th ML Flotilla
ML1295, ML1309, ML1383, ML1387, ML1389, ML1391, ML1392, ML1393, ML1407, ML1409, ML1421. ML1422 - 5-6/6/44 Marking a turning point for the American airborne divisions on the eve of D Day
Post War History
- Fast Despatch Boat = FDB 74
- ML3512
- Hong Kong Flotilla
- 17/11/58 Sold