Re: HMS Hesperus
Posted by:
Theo Folkes
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Date: November 11, 2013 06:12PM
I served on HMS GENTIAN (K90) and our captain D was destroyer Hesperus. Every 1st day out I was as sick as the proverbial parrot. As I am nearing 89 next birthday my memory for detail is a little hazy. If it holds up I think Donald Macintyre was a skipper with a red beard and a lust for action. I often wished I could swap corvette Gentian for destroyer Hesperus,corvettes were the worst type of ship in the world for keeping your food down. I left B2 escort group in late 43 to prepare for the D-Day landing. Sorry I cannot give more detail.....Theo Folkes
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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HMS Hesperus | Joe Wood | 02/02/2006 10:39AM |
Re: HMS Hesperus | Brian Winder | 03/07/2006 02:46AM |
Re: HMS Hesperus | Bill Hughes | 05/08/2008 10:02AM |
Re: HMS Hesperus | Jim P. | 02/15/2011 02:44AM |
Re: HMS Hesperus | Theo Folkes | 11/11/2013 06:12PM |
Re: HMS Hesperus | Mr Alan Leslie Lydiatt | 09/12/2014 03:47PM |