Morrow, Albert Perry (Oral history)

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Canadian officer commanded HDML 1222 and ML 094, 11th ML Flotilla, Coastal Forces in GB coastal waters, 10/1941-10/1943; commanded 76th (Canadian) ML Flotilla at HMCS Stadacona, Halifax, Canada, 11/1943-1/1944; commanded MTB 726, 65th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla, Coastal Forces in GB coastal waters and English Channel, 2/1944-5/1945

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REEL 1 Background in Vancouver, Canada, 1912-1939: family; education; employment. Recollections of operations as officer with Coastal Forces in GB coastal waters and Canada, 1941-1943: background to recruitment to Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR), 1940; initial basing at Immingham; recruitment to command of HDML 1222, 11th ML Flotilla at HMS Prosperine, 10/1941-5/1942; move to Scapa Flow; story of HMS Iron Duke's use as base ship; taking command of ML 094, 11th ML Flotilla at HMS Hornet, Gosport, 5/1943; story of acquiring HMS Iron Duke's crest; reasons for missing Operation Chariot, 28/3/1942; short period commanding 76th (Canadian) ML Flotilla at HMCS Stadacona, Halifax, Canada, 11/1943-1/1944. Recollections of operations commanding MTB 726, 65th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla, Coastal Forces in GB coastal waters and English Channel, 2/1944-5/1945: return to GB to take command of MTB 726; contribution of Coastal Forces during Second World War; amusing story of landing commandos near Saint-Malo, France, 4/1944; characteristics of Motor Torpedo Boats. REEL 2 Continues: tactics employed by Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) Flotillas against German convoys in English Channel, 1944; degree of information received about targets; German E-boat fear of on board radar; issue of escape kits to crews; use of Benzedrine by crews; firing on his flotilla by Polish destroyer in South Western Approaches after D-Day, 6/1944; fishing crate of United States Army condoms out of English Channel; evading German 88mm gunfire off Saint-Malo, France; failure of United States Navy Commander John Bulkeley to take advice on E-boat tactics leading to the Slapton Sands disaster, 4/1944; amusing story of German's ability to destroy his boat's rum ration. REEL 3 Continues: opinion of Royal Navy traditions; second hand account of collision that sank HMS Punjabi; arrival of United States Navy warships at Scapa Flow, 1/1942; memories of VE Day, 8/5/1945.

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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)
Morrow, Albert Perry (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1993-12-11
Dimensions: whole: Duration 75, Number Of Items 3
Catalogue number: 13650

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