HDML 1377
Blackmore, Bideford, Devon 4/9/43
Known Crew
- Lt (Puggy) Pughes RNVR Commanding Officer HDML 1377
- TSLt P P Hubbard RNVR TSLt 26/6/42 HMS Forte IV (Falmouth) for MLs 5/10/42 Commanding Officer HDML 1377 8/43 HMS Kenya (Cruiser) 1944 TLt 1/3/45
- TLt D T Plews RNVR TSLt 3/7/42 Commanding Officer HDML 1260 20/6/43 136th ML Flotilla but normally operated alone Commanding Officer HDML 1377 11/44 TLt 3/1/45
- TASLt C A Johnson RNVR TASLt 26/7/43 First Lieutenant HDML 1377 8/43 TSLt 26/1/44 Commanding Officer HDML 1206 3/45
- Mid T J Gerald RNVR Mid 14/7/44 HMS Braganza HDML 1377 6/1/45 TASLt 29/3/45
Wartime Activities
- 136th ML Flotilla but normally operated alone
- 1/45 Towed an MFV from Vizagapatam to Akyab
- 1-4/45 Three months operating between Akyab and Ramree including:
Reconnaisance trips up rivers behind Myebon and Kyaukpyu
Beach control in support of landing craft
Recovery of downed aircrew from the coast of Burma;.tribesmen being paid silver dollars for each airman delivered safely.
Dropping and recovering V Force agents - 4/45 To Vizagapatam via Calcutta for refit. Repairs not completed by the end of hostilities due to lack of spares.
- Paid off in Trincomalee at the end of the war
Post War History
- 1/7/46 To France = VP71
