Ellington, Albert Sharman (Oral history)

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British seaman and petty officer served with aboard HMT Oyama, HMT Kingston Almondine and HMT Wallena, Royal Naval Patrol Service in GB coastal waters and English Channel, 1939-1943; officer served aboard BYMS 2142 in United States of America and North Atlantic, 1943-1944; commanded HDML 1091, Coastal Forces in English Channel and North Sea, 1944-1945

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REEL 1 Background in Aberdeen and Kingston upon Hull, GB, 1916-1939: family; education; conditions in fishing industry prior to 1939; sight of loss of trawler Edgar Wallace at Kingston upon Hull, 1932; minesweeping training aboard HMS Restless during 1930s. Recollections of operations as seaman and petty officer aboard minesweepers HMT Oyama, HMT Kingston Almondine and HMT Wallena, Royal Naval Patrol Service in GB coastal waters and English Channel, 1939-1942: orders to report to Lowestoft, 8/1939; requisitioning trawler FV Oyama at Cardiff; minesweeping duties; mining of SS Takao Maru in Thames Estuary; firing on German submarine grounded on sandbank off Sheerness, autumn 1939; dangers of sweeping magnetic mines early in the war; sweeping acoustic mines in HMT Wallena in Thames Estuary, 1942. REEL 2 Continues: contrast in attitude of Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) during Second World War; German Air Force attack on HMT Wallena in mouth of River Tay, 1942; near collision with boom in River Humber, 5/1941; lack of shore leave in minesweepers; returning late from leave after marriage and punishment; character of HMT Wallena; degaussing of ships; character of crews; effect of nerves amongst crew aboard HMT Kingston Almondine prior to joining HMT Wallena. Aspects of period as officer aboard BYMS 2142 in United States of America and North Atlantic, 1943: voyage to United States of America to collect minesweeper. REEL 3 Continues: ashore in New York, United States of America; travelling from New York to Astoria, United States of America to collect minesweeper BYMS 2142, 9/1943-11/1943; mistaking volcanic eruption for Japanese naval task force off Mexico; ferrying minesweeper to British West Africa; taking passage as navigation officer aboard HMS Knaresborough Castle for return to GB. Aspects of operations commanding HDML 1091, Coastal Forces in English Channel and North Sea, 1944-1945: taking command of Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML) 1091, 1944; use of Loran navigation apparatus; role jamming German radar during bombardment of Le Havre, France, 8/1944-9/1944; attempts to avoid German artillery fire at Le Havre, France; reply from HMS Warspite to request to take on board wounded man. REEL 4 Continues: role during landings at Walcheren Island, Netherlands, 11/1944; loss of tank landing craft at Walcheren Island, Netherlands, 11/1944. Aspects commanding MMS 1001 in GB coastal waters, 1945-1946: clearing mines off Lowestoft; occasions after the Second World War when working as a trawlerman he caught mines in his nets.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Ellington, Albert Sharman (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1993-03-23
Dimensions: whole: Duration 120, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 13120

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