Ships hit by U-boats

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HMS Blean (L 47)

British destroyer




This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer HMS Blean (L 47).

Aboard HMS Blean (L 47) when hit on 11 Dec 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAtkins, Timothy Walter, RN24Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBaines, John, RN22Leading Cook (O)HMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBannister, Glyn, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBarker, Maurice, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBarnes, Joseph Charles, RN25Leading StokerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBeattie, William Edward, RN25Assistant CookHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBilton, Ernest, RN21Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBishop, Reginald William, RNLeading SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBloomfield, Jack Aston, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBradbury, William Harold, RNVRAble SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishBurke, Joseph, RNAble SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishCannell, Dennis Cautley, RN31Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishCashman, Ronald Joseph, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishCastleman, Charles Edward, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishCater, William Bertie, RN26Leading StokerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishCoan, Victor George, RNSick Berth AttendantHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishColeman, Arthur Percival, RFR39Petty Officer TelegraphistHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishCollett, Leonard Stanley, RN20Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishConnolly, Thomas, RN22Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishDennehy, James Pearse, RNAble SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishDunne, Edgar George, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishEdwards, David Henry William, RN23Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishEvamy, Henry Wilson, RN34Ordinary CoderHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishFellows, Frederick, RNLeading SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishFielding, Jack, RNAble SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishFordham, William Ralph, RN27Leading SeamanHMS Blean (L 47)
BritishFriend, Leslie Richard, RN19Leading SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishFuller, Stanley, RN20Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishGilbert, William Charles, RN40Canteen ManagerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishGiles, Cyril Harry, RN20Ordinary SignalmanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishHaighton, Neil, RN21Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishHammond, George William, RN44Engine Room Artificer 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishHards, Jack, RN19Stoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishHarris, Cyril Ronald, RN32Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishHeath, Frederick George, RN20TelegraphistHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishHellon, George William, RN30Petty Officer StokerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishHerring, Percival Henry, RFR41Stoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishHowden, Peter, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishJames, Alfred Trevening, RN29Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishJenvey, Walter, RN24Petty OfficerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishJohnson, Ralph, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishJohnstone, Walter Millar, RN19TelegraphistHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishJolly, John, RN25TelegraphistHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishKay, Archibald, RN21Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishKirk, Alfred, RN24Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishKirkby, Henry, RN35Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishKirkness, Charles Edward, RFR36Petty OfficerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishKitchenside, Geoffrey Charles John, RN19SignalmanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishLax, William, RN31Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishLeahy, William John, RN28Petty Officer StewardHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMacDonald, Donald Angus, RN20Supply AssistantHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMarkwell, Kenneth, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMarriott, Joseph Hudson, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMay, Alfred, RN26Stoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMay, Edwin Frank, RNAble SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMcArthur, William, RN24Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMcCourt, Charles Carlin, RN37Petty Officer CookHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMcCreadie, John Walter Miller, RN24Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMcIntyre, Hugh, RNLeading StokerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMiddlemiss, Robert Allison, RNAble SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMiller, William John, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishMoore, Arthur, RN20Ordinary CoderHMS Blean (L 47) +
FrenchNogues, Roland Louis Marcel, RN20Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishOvens, Joseph, RN23Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishPalmer, Douglas Charles Ernest, RN23Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishParker, Norman John, RNCaptainHMS Blean (L 47)
BritishPatten, William, RN20Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishPearce, Horace, RN31Petty Officer StokerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishPoole, William, RN20Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishPope, Herbert Edwin, RN42Petty Officer StokerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishRaven, Sidney Smith, RN22Leading SeamanHMS Blean (L 47)
BritishReed, Albert Cyril, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishReeve, Frederick Maurice, RN22Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishReid, Kenneth, RN22Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishRingrose, Alfred, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishRoper, George, RFR42Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishSample, Stephen, RN19Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishSeaman, George William, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishSeely, Frank, RNAble SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishSparshott, Walter James, RN37Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishStill, Reginald Percy David, RN20Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishStocks, Craven, RN20Able SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishStocks, Thomas Edward, RN19Stoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishSylvester, Philip George Leeson, RN42Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishTomlin, Harry Raymond, RN22Petty Officer SupplyHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishTurnbull, Joseph, RN29Petty OfficerHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishWalkden, Wilfred, RNAble SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishWallace, Robert, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishWalton, John, RN32Stoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishWarren, Henry Albert, RFR36Stoker 1st ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +
BritishWilson, Patrick Augustus, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Blean (L 47) +

91 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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