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Medway. Built as a depot Ship for Submarines and designed to tend 18 submarines
of the O and P class's this number rising to 21 during world war two.
Built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and launched 19th July 1928.
Displacement: 14650 tons, Speed 15 knots, Compliment: 400, Armament: Two
4 -inch Guns and Four 4-inch AA Guns. Served as depot Ship China
1939 then went to the Mediterranean 1940 and just off Alexandria was
sunk by 2 or three torpedo's from U372. on the
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HMS Medway, 1937.
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HMS Medway with the fourth submarine flotilla. P Class submarines on
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HMS Medway, submarine depot ship launched in 1928. Built by
Vickers Armstrong at Barrow, as a submarine supply ship she carried 144
21inch torpedoes and four 4 inch mk4 guns, two of which were mounted for
her own defence. She was built to tend 18 submarines of the O and P
class. HMS Medway was sunk by 2/3 torpedoes from U372 on 30th June 1942.
She had a complement of 400.
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HMS Medway at the China Station in 1930s. A
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HMS Medway with P and O class submarines HMS Pandora,
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HMS Medway with submarines in Hong Kong. Sent
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HMS Medway in Hong Kong harbour in 1935 for the
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Below (grey background) are photos from the
collection of SBCPO Frederick Owen Manning, who served on both HMS
Medway and HMS Cyclops, and was on Medway when it was torpedoed off
Alexandria. (see message board) |
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SBCPO Frederick Owen Manning. |
SBCPO Frederick Owen Manning. |
The pictures below are of HMS
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FREDERICK OWEN MANNING.. My Father Sick Berth C.P.O. Frederick Owen
Manning served on The Cyclops and The Medway when she was torpedoed off
Alex. He often used to recount this story to me as a youngster in the
50"s. I am sending some photo's of him (see above) in the
hope it will ring a bell somewhere.
HMS MEDWAY... Can you help? I am looking for details of the events
surrounding HMS Medway's sinking by U372.
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