HMS Cavina in 1941 Ocean boarding vessels (OBVs) were merchant ships taken over by the Royal Navy during the Second World War for the purpose of enforcing wartime blockades by intercepting and boarding foreign vessels.

HMS Fratton (Cdr. Kenelm Jocelyn Townesend Hutchings, RD, RNR) was sunk on 18 August 1944 off Normandy by a German human torpedo.

2022年11月10日 · Stanley Ford was manning a gun platform aboard HMS Fratton when it was torpedoed off the Normandy coast in August 1944. The ship sunk in four minutes with the loss of 31 crew. Stan was...

During the Normandy landings there were three vessels on standby as HQ ships; HMS Allbrighton, HMS Royal Ulsterman and HMS Dacres. They were never called upon to undertake the duties and, in hindsight, the Allbrighton and the …

2022年11月11日 · Engineman William Wallace was killed, along with 30 of his shipmates when HMS Fratton was hit by a German Neger human torpedo midget submarine, and subsequently sank, whilst at anchor in the Seine Bay, Normandy in the early hours of 18 August 1944.

2024年6月6日 · SS Fratton ex HMS Fratton, Fratton. Nigel Thornton Collection. Steel twin screw steamer, built and engined by D. & W. Henderson, Glasgow, in 1925 (Yard No 720) for the Southern Railway. Technical Data. Length on Deck: 69.82m (220.7 ft) Breadth of Hull: 10.24m (33.6 ft) Depth: 4.30m; Tonnage: 757 net/624 gross/305 deadweight; Engines: 2 x T3Cyl ...

Examination Vessel Fratton: 18 August 1944; sunk by enemy action, probably torpedoed. Date: 1944 Jan 01 - 1945 Dec 31 Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Former reference in its original...

2024年6月5日 · Stan Ford, who turned 99 on May 7, served on HMS Fratton, which escorted ships taking people back to the UK and was stationed off Selsey Bill on the south coast on D-Day. Weeks later, Mr Ford, who is originally from Bristol, suffered lifelong injuries when the ship was sunk by what is believed to have been a midget submarine off the Normandy coast.

2023年10月17日 · During the Normandy landings HMS Fratton was a Bombardon off Gold Beach arriving on 7th June 1944. The ship was sunk on the 18th August 1944 by an underwater explosion, probably a torpedo. William Wallace was married with one child. He has no known grave and is recorded at the Lowestoft Naval Memorial Panel 15 column 2.

2010年7月11日 · Up-to-date information can be found for major warships by clicking on Royal Navy Ships; on all vessels by searching the internet using the prefix HMS. Key: Loss date are given as Year/Month/Day. In Brackets: R - Requisitioned for Royal Navy service; tonnage is either standard displacement or gross registered; date is date of completion.