HMS Neptune

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HMS Neptune joined the South Atlantic Fleet at the outbreak of war 1939. The following year moving to the Mediterranean and East Indies fleet. returning to the home Fleet in 1941. HMS Neptune was mined off Tripoli 19th December 1941 and sunk

Specifications for HMS Neptune

Displacement: 7,175 tons Speed: 32.5kt Complement: 550

Armament: Eight 6 inch guns in pairs. Eight 4 inch anti-aircraft guns in pairs and eight 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in pairs as well as twelve 0.5 inch machine guns in fours. Eight 21 inch torpedo tubes in pairs and 1 aircraft.

HMS Neptune

31st January 1933

Sunk 19th December 1941.

HMS Neptune, 1934.

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HMS Neptune, 1934.

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HMS Neptune, 1935.

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HMS Neptune, 1935.

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HMS Neptune.

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HMS Neptune pictured c.1935

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HMS Neptune.

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	My Uncle, Daniel Mc Nally, of Cork City Co Cork, served on HMS Neptune and also died while on board when the Neptune hit the minefield. If anyone remembers him contact me at p.mcmanus@ntlworld.com
	I'm trying to get Nixie Taverner's email, daughter of the Captain. She is writing a book on the ship. Does anyone have her address? Harry & Clifford Waterworth, my two uncles (pictured left) were among the 569 dead on HMS Neptune. Contact me at stublick@btinternet.com

My dad was serving on Neptune days before she sailed into the minefield near Italy. He still carries the scars of losing all his shipmates. photographs and stories are all he has left, he will never forget. If you have any information about the ship and its crew, God rest their souls, please email me and I will try to comfort an old sea dog. Leslie Williams mail@home10367.fsnet.co.uk