| Noteable events involving Havelock include: 27 Jun, 1940 HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) and HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) also pick up 27 survivors from the Norwegian merechant Lenda that was sunk about 160 nautical miles south-west of Fastnet, Ireland in position 50º00'N, 13º24'W by gunfire from the German submarine U-47. 9 Jul, 1940 HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) together pick up 35 survivors from the British merchant Aylesbury that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-43 about 200 nautcal miles south-east of Ireland in position 48º39'N, 13º33'W. 28 Sep, 1940 The British merchant Empire Ocelot is torpedoed and damaged further with gunfire south-west of Rockall in position 54º37'N, 21º30'W by the German submarine U-32. The abandoned vessel sank later in position 54º55'N, 22º06'W. HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) picks up 32 survivors. 27 Nov, 1940 HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Havelock (Lt.Cdr. E.H. Thomas, RN) both pick up a survivor from the British merchant Glenmoor that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-103 about 167 nautical miles north-west of Sylne Head in position 54º35'N, 14º31'W. 3 Apr, 1941 HMS Havelock (Cdr. E.H. Thomas, DSC, RN) picks up 20 survivors from the British tanker British Viscount that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-73 in the North Atlantic, south-south-west of Iceland, in position 58º15'N, 27º30'W. 8 Jan, 1943 The British tanker Oltenia II is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-436 south-west of the Canary Islands in position 27º59'N, 28º50'W. HMS Havelock (Cdr. R.C. Boyle DSC, RN) later picks up 43 survivors.
HMS Havelock also picks up 42 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Albert L. Ellsworth. that was torpedoed and damaged in the same attack of U-436. The wreck of the Albert L. Ellsworth was sunk the next day by gunfire from U-436. 9 Jan, 1943 HMS Havelock (Cdr. R.C. Boyle DSC, RN) picks up 38 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Minister Wedel that was torpedoed and sunk east of the Canary Islands in position 28º08'N, 28º20'W by the German submarine U-522. 18 Jun, 1944 The German submarine U-767 was sunk in the English Channel south-west of Guernsey, in position 49º03'N, 03º13'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Fame, HMS Inconstant and HMS Havelock. (see map) |