24th February 1941 HMS Hasty had sailed from Tobruk in company with HMS Dainty and then recovered survivors from that destroyer, after it was sunk by Ju87's. I can find no record of any damage to HMS Hasty, but the destroyer lost two crew members. GOODLIFFE, Fred, Able Seaman, D/SSX 25321, DOW [TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY] PHILLIPS, Sidney C, Able Seaman, D/SSX 30795, DOW [ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY] Any ideas? Regards, Steve
Three German He 111 bombers attacked British destroyers HMS Dainty and HMS Hasty in Tobruk harbor, Libya at 1900 hours. HMS Dainty was sunk by a 500kg bomb, killing 16. ww2dbase [CPC] https://ww2db.com/event/today/02/24/1941 Hasty, bombing GOODLIFFE, Fred, Able Seaman, D/SSX 25321, DOW PHILLIPS, Sidney C, Able Seaman, D/SSX 30795, DOW Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, February 1941
Thanks for that, but I can't find any reference to HMS Hasty actually being damaged. It isn't listed as being so in ADM234/444 or in any references to the loss of Dainty I've looked at. For the record, as far as I can see, the loss of HMS Dainty resulted in 17 killed/DOW. HMS Dainty (H35), D Class, Destroyer; Lost after being attacked by German Ju88 bombers (from III(K)/LG.1) off Tobruk. Killed APPS, George V, Ordinary Seaman, P/JX 182668, killed [PoM] CHEESMER, Charles H, Able Seaman, P/J 104772, killed [PoM] COLE, Harold, Able Seaman, P/SSX 19668, killed [PoM] CUTHBERTSON, William G, Py/Ty/Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR, killed [PoM] CUXHERI, Domenico, Officer's Cook 3c, E/LX 9476, killed [PlyM] DAVISON, George H, Stoker 1c, P/KX 94568, killed [PoM] GARLICK, Clifford, Ordinary Signalman, D/JX 158910, killed [TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY] HOLLAND, William, Stoker 2c, C/KX 105310, killed [ChM] HUNTER, John, Able Seaman, P/JX 134551, killed [PoM] McALLISTER, Meredith, Ty/Lieutenant (E), killed [PoM] McCARTHY, John, Able Seaman, C/SSX 23954, killed [ChM] MILLETT, Albert L, Stoker 2c, P/KX 104970, killed [TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY] PUGH, Augustine, Stoker 2c, P/KX 106184, killed [PoM] REID, George, Stoker Petty Officer, C/K 55950, killed [ChM] DOW AUSTIN, Albert, Able Seaman, P/SSX 16923, DOW 27/2/41 [TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY] CURBISHLEY, Albert H, Able Seaman, C/JX 168702, DOW 12/3/41 [CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY] MULA, Vincent, Canteen Manager, NAAFI, DOW 13/4/41 [ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY]
Steve assume both ships bombed and 2 crew from Hasty caught in blast and perhaps no damage to Hasty regards Clive
UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 Name: Fred Goodliffe Event: Death Birth Date: 17 Sep 1920 Birth Place: South Kirby, Yorks Death Date: 24 Feb 1941 Death Age: 20 Name: Sidney Charles Phillips Event: Death Birth Date: 3 Sep 1919 Birth Place: Cardiff, Glamorgan Death Date: 24 Feb 1941 Death Age: 21 Perhaps killed by machine gun fire and not bomb or explosion
Thanks Gents, Yes possibly strafed or splinters from a near miss. ADM234/444 normally records shock or splinter damage, so if Hasty did sustain any damage to go with the loss of its crew members it most have been minor. Regards, Steve