Description
Object description
Photocopy of an ms memoir (24pp), written in the late 1970s, together with two slightly edited ts transcripts (16pp), covering his service in submarines, ultimately as a Chief Petty Officer Torpedo Gunner's Mate, from 1930 to 1942, but especially his appointment to HMS DOLPHIN, the submarine base at Portsmouth, for a course to qualify for promotion to Torpedo Gunner's Mate (April - November 1940) and his subsequent service in the submarine HMS PORPOISE (December 1940 - late 1942) which was initially based on Halifax, Nova Scotia for North Atlantic convoy escort and then, from September 1941, on Alexandria and later Haifa for operations in the Mediterranean, including submerged supply runs to Malta, minelaying and patrols against enemy shipping. The recollections, which contain useful references to the air raids on Portsmouth in 1940 and Malta in 1941 - 1942, and to the routine observed by PORPOISE's crew on patrols, as well as technical data about the mines and torpedoes which PORPOISE carried, are accompanied by photocopies of his official certificate of service in the Royal Navy and his electrical trade certificate as a Torpedo Instructor.
Content description
Photocopy of an ms memoir (24pp), written in the late 1970s, together with two slightly edited ts transcripts (16pp), covering his service in submarines, ultimately as a Chief Petty Officer Torpedo Gunner's Mate, from 1930 to 1942, but especially his appointment to HMS DOLPHIN, the submarine base at Portsmouth, for a course to qualify for promotion to Torpedo Gunner's Mate (April - November 1940) and his subsequent service in the submarine HMS PORPOISE (December 1940 - late 1942) which was initially based on Halifax, Nova Scotia for North Atlantic convoy escort and then, from September 1941, on Alexandria and later Haifa for operations in the Mediterranean, including submerged supply runs to Malta, minelaying and patrols against enemy shipping. The recollections, which contain useful references to the air raids on Portsmouth in 1940 and Malta in 1941 - 1942, and to the routine observed by PORPOISE's crew on patrols, as well as technical data about the mines and torpedoes which PORPOISE carried, are accompanied by photocopies of his official certificate of service in the Royal Navy and his electrical trade certificate as a Torpedo Instructor.
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 1992-12