HDML 1402

Hillyard, Littlehampton, West Sussex 16/7/44

London Gazette 23/10/45 – For the destruction of midget submarines in Home waters in 1944 and 1945

  • MID TSLt Frank George Hayford RNVR
  • MID LSea Charles Henry Lancaster C/JX194011
  • MID AB Frank Edwin Dethridge P/JX668278

London Gazette 11/12/45 – Wind up of the war in Europe

  • DSC TLt Edward Benjamin Butling RNVR

Known Crew

  • TLt Edward Benjamin Butling RNVR TSLt 28/8/42 HMS Edinburgh Castle (Freetown, Sierra Leone) for MLs 7/10/42 ML 296 1/12/42 HMS Philoctetes II (Freetown, Sierra Leone) TLt 28/8/43 11th ML Flotilla ML 153 For the destruction of midget submarines in Home waters 1944 – 45 MID Commanding Officer HDML 1402 17/7/44 Wind up of the war in Europe DSC HMS Eaglet (Liverpool)
  • TSLt E A Anderson RNVR TSLt 21/11/43 104th ML Flotilla Freetown,Sierra Leone Commanding Officer HDML 1041 3/9/44 Commanding Officer HDML 1402 27/5/45
  • TSLt Frank George Hayford RNVR First Lieutenant HDML 1402 24/7/44 TASLt 3/11/44 TSLt 3/5/45
  • LSea Charles Henry Lancaster C/JX194011 HDML 1402 For the destruction of midget submarines in Home waters in 1944 and 1945 MID
  • AB Frank Edwin Dethridge P/JX668278 HDML 1402 For the destruction of midget submarines in Home waters in 1944 and 1945 MID

Hong Kong Flotilla

  • John Lee (OBE) (Commanding Officer)

Wartime Activities

  • 1944-45 Destruction of midget submarines in the Nore area

Post War History

  • Fast Despatch Boat = FDB66
  • ML3514
  • Hong Kong Flotilla
  • 1958 Sold

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