HMS Hasty 24th February 1941

Discussion in 'The War at Sea' started by Steve49, Sep 25, 2021.

  1. Steve49

    Steve49 Boycott P&O...

    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
     
  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Hugh MacLean and Steve49 like this.
  3. Steve49

    Steve49 Boycott P&O...

    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]
     
  4. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Steve
    assume both ships bombed and 2 crew from Hasty caught in blast and perhaps no damage to Hasty

    regards
    Clive
     
    Steve49 likes this.
  5. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    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
    44994_adm_104_131-0095 (2).jpg

    Name: Sidney Charles Phillips
    Event: Death
    Birth Date: 3 Sep 1919
    Birth Place: Cardiff, Glamorgan
    Death Date: 24 Feb 1941
    Death Age: 21
    44994_adm_104_135-0248 (2).jpg

    Perhaps killed by machine gun fire and not bomb or explosion
     
    Hugh MacLean, timuk and Steve49 like this.
  6. Steve49

    Steve49 Boycott P&O...

    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
     

Share This Page