My dad's brother was petty officer on the maaloy Alfred William Bailey. any photos available of crew. I have found some information on www.wrecksite.eu the maaloy torpedoed on 27/03/1944 off Ceylon MAALOY HMS (J136) was a British Royal Navy Whaler requisitioned in 1942 and used as a Minesweeper. She was torpedoed and sunk off Ceylon by German submarine U-510 (Alfred Eick) on the 27th March 1944. The commander (T/Lt F.J. Perkins, Rnvr), 23 crew members and at least two passengers (Flt. Lt Donald E. Walker and Maldivian chief minister Hassan Fareed) were lost

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1. BAILEY, WILLIAM ALFRED, Petty Officer (no. LT/JX 199121), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
2. CLARK, JOHN GEORGE (23), Ordinary Telegraphist (no. LT/JX 214475), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Clark. of York, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
3. DAVIES, JACK (19), Signalman (no. P/JX 331098), HMS Maaloy, Royal Navy, †27/03/1944, Son of Frederick H. and Emma Davies, of Forest Gate, Essex, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
4. FITZGERALD, ERNEST BERTRAM, Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †27/03/1944, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
5. GURR, ALBERT EDWARD (19), Ordinary Seaman (no. LT/JX 426347), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of William and A. S. Gurr, of Brighton, Sussex, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
6. HOLLIS, WALTER, Stoker (no. LT/KX 160107), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
7. JONES, EMLYN (20), Leading Steward (no. LT/LX 30263), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of Taliesen and Mary Jones, of Kilburn, Middlesex, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
8. MALLOY, PATRICK JOSEPH, seaman (no. LT/JX 280816), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
9. MCGARROL, ALEXANDER, seaman (no. LT/JX 280663), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of Robert McGarrol, and of Jeannie C. McGarrol, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
10. NAULLS, JAMES HENRY, Engineman (no. LT/KX 110679), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of Ernest and Lenorah Naulls; husband of Ada Naulls, of Hull, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
11. PAGE, ALFRED GEORGE (33), seaman (no. LT/X 20789A), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Reserve, †27/03/1944, Son of William James Page and Daisy May Page, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
12. PERKINS, FREDERICK JAMES, Lieutenant, HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †27/03/1944, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
13. ROSE, ARTHUR JOHN (21), Ordinary Telegraphist (no. C/JX 308839), HMS Maaloy, Royal Navy, †27/03/1944, Son of Arthur Henry and Rhoda Evelyn Rose, of Battersea, London, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
14. SIM, EDWARD BUCHAN (24), Leading Seaman (no. LT/JX 222247), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of Andrew Buchan Sim and Margaret Sim, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
15. SMITH, JOHN ROBERT (20), seaman (no. LT/JX 281928), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of John L. and Margaret Ann Smith, of Bridge-End, Lerwick, Zetland, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
16. SUTHERLAND, DANIEL (20), seaman (no. LT/JX 400072), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of John and Maggie Sutherland, of Hopeman, Morayshire, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial
17. THOMAS, SIDNEY COLIN (24), Leading Cook (no. LT/MX 87588), HMS Maaloy, Royal Naval Patrol Service, †27/03/1944, Son of Samuel and Edith Thomas, of Regent's Park, London, Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial