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MTB 460 of the 29th MTB Flotilla off of Normandy
  MTB 460 of the 29th MTB Flotilla at sea in the Spring of 1944. (© Libraries & Archives Canada)

IN MEMORIAM

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On this day: 27th July

Stoker 1st Class Nathaniel McKell (H.M.M.T.B. 372)
Sub-Lieutenant Derek Okey (H.M.M.T.B. 412)
Matr I Ment Pronk (H.M.M.T.B. 418)
Korpl Konst Jan Thomas van Briemen (H.M.M.T.B. 418)
Ordinary Seaman Jeffrey Britland (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Able Seaman Edwin John Esau Cannell (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Ordinary Seaman John Paton Currie (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Stoker 1st Class Reginald Henry Dolden (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Able Seaman Thomas James William Long (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Able Seaman Jack Harvey Martin (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Able Seaman William George Palmer (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Petty Officer John Reid (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Sub-Lieutenant James Bruce Robertson (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Desmond T Smith (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Stoker 2nd Class Clifford Gordon Sparks (H.M.M.T.B. 430)
Ordinary Seaman William Horace Cooper (H.M.S.G.B. Grey Shark)
Ordinary Seaman Alan James Samuel (H.M.S.G.B. Grey Shark)
Sub-Lieutenant Frank Judson Tomkinson (H.M.S.G.B. Grey Shark)
Able Seaman Arthur Eric Glover (H.M.S.G.B. Grey Wolf)
Able Seaman George Gray (H.M.S.G.B. Grey Wolf)
Ordinary Seaman Leonard Robert Kirby (H.M.S.G.B. Grey Wolf)
Able Seaman Bernard Gavin O'Donnell (H.M.S.G.B. Grey Wolf)

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them


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ANNIVERSARY

MTB 345 – Capture & Execution

MTB 345 passes a steam powered vessel at speed, possibly during her acceptance trials, prior to her commissioning in 1942 © IWM

Aspøy, Norway: 30th July 1943

Although MTB 345 had been captured by Germans forces earlier, on the 28th July 1943, whilst on patrol in Norwegian waters, the 30th July marks the anniversary of the loss of her crew, who, after being captured and interrogated by the German Navy Intelligence, had been handed over to the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police), who executed them as 'pirates' and saboteurs, despite the crew all being in uniform, and engaged in legitimate naval operations. MTB 345 was crewed by members of the Royal Norwegian Navy, under the command of Lt Andreson, with one member of the Royal Navy, Leading Telegraphist Rennie Hull.

The Loss of MTB 345