HDML 1389
Sittingbourne Shipbuilding Company, Kent 12/2/44
Imperial War Museum (Seen leaving Harwich)
Known Crew
- TLt A T McClaren RNVR TSLt 69th ML Flotilla Based at Immingham ML 550 30/11/42 TLt 28/8/43 149th ML Flotilla Commanding Officer HDML 1389 3/44 Operation Neptune – Invasion of Normandy
- TSLt J L Chapman RNVR 149th ML Flotilla First Lieutenant HDML 1389 3/44 TSLt 1/4/44 Operation Neptune – Invasion of Normandy
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 = FDB58
- To Iran 1/49 and listed until 1951
- 1/50 Reported as Constructive Total Loss by Grounding near Fort William and sold
- 1972 Listed in Janes Fighting Ships in Iranian Navy as Tahmadou but out of service
