Post by Administrator on Dec 8, 2017 17:28:58 GMT
Penarth local nautical news.
HERO-OFFICER OF “HMS PENARTH” IS COMMEMORATED
A rare medal and papers relating to the courageous actions of a Royal Navy officer – who saved many lines on board the minesweeper HMS Penarth in the aftermath of the First World War – have this week been loaned to the museum at Britannia Royal Naval College.
HMS Penarth was a “Hunt Class” minesweeper which sank in the North Sea on February 4th 1919 whilst engaged on clearing WW1 mines off Yorkshire Coast.
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HERO-OFFICER OF “HMS PENARTH” IS COMMEMORATED
A rare medal and papers relating to the courageous actions of a Royal Navy officer – who saved many lines on board the minesweeper HMS Penarth in the aftermath of the First World War – have this week been loaned to the museum at Britannia Royal Naval College.
HMS Penarth was a “Hunt Class” minesweeper which sank in the North Sea on February 4th 1919 whilst engaged on clearing WW1 mines off Yorkshire Coast.
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