Interview with Stanley Turton

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British seaman served aboard HMS Spartan in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 6/1943-1/1944, including sinking off Anzio, Italy, 29/1/1944

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REEL 1 Recollections of sinking of HMS Spartan in Mediterranean off Anzio, Italy, 29/1/1944: voyage to Taranto; duties as stoker; story of new rating; role of HMS Spartan in preparations for landings at Anzio; description of HMS Spartan being hit by Hs 293 Glider Bomb; duties on watch during raid; damage caused to ship; loss of power and communications; conditions in boiler room; problem of ship listing; escape from ship on starboard side; evacuation of wounded; jumping into sea; sinking of ship; rescue by HMS Dido; conditions aboard HMS Dido; danger of German submarine attacks; reaction to death of friends; voyage aboard HMS Winchester Castle to Naples, Italy; shore leave and voyage to Algiers, French Algeria aboard French transport ship and opinion of conditions on board; accommodation in French barracks; attitude to Captain Patrick McLaughlin abandoning ship; question of enquiry into sinking and jammed valve; opinion that HMS Spartan should have been designated a war grave. REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of operations as seaman aboard HMS Spartan in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 6/1943-1/1944: journey to Levens Bridge, GB; standing by HMS Spartan at Barrow-in-Furness, GB; question of secrecy of HMS Spartan's construction; initial impressions of HMS Spartan; relations with local civilians; layout of cruiser and unusual arrangement of decks; presence of piano in canteen; messing arrangements; washing machine for clothes; armaments; lack of rivets in construction; role of HMS Spartan; opinion of ship's company; explanation of term 'skate' and question of discipline aboard HMS Spartan; description of boiler room; memories of Petty Officer Stoker Richard Chitty; daily routine; voyage to Scapa Flow, GB; story of racist incident with United States Navy sailors; sea trials; sailing to Liverpool, GB; story of deserter; amusing story of cigarettes; sailing to Plymouth, GB; role of ship on patrols to Channel Islands, 10/1943. REEL 3 continues: voyage from GB to Mediterranean; false report of HMS Spartan being sunk; opinion of morale aboard ship; Christmas and New Year celebrations, 25/12/1943 and 1/1/1944; problem of drunkenness; sailing to Taranto, Italy; question of fraternisation with Italian civilians, 1/1944; story of incident with Italian officer; opinion of Italians; daily routine aboard ship including watch duty; opinion of rations; rum ration; messing arrangements; description of making tea and cocoa; routine; recreational activities on shore; story of deserter. REEL 4 Continues: amusing story of white flour and mice; problem of cockroaches; opinion of Maltese; story of ring; description of The Gut, Valletta, Malta; amusing story of stoker; opinion of morale aboard HMS Spartan; story of visit to Italian farmhouse; attitude to Italian civilians; role of HMS Spartan during landings at Anzio, Italy, 1/1944; story of brother's premonition of sinking of HMS Spartan; attitude to premonitions.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: Turton, Stanley (Production company)
Turton, Stanley (Recorder)
Turton, Stanley (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1999-02-01
Dimensions: whole: Duration 115, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 18788

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