Some of my Grandfathers pics

Crimea_River · Nov 23, 2018

Great pics and thanks. There were lots of pics taken of the burning Graf Spee but original prints are great to have in a collection.

vikingBerserker · Nov 23, 2018

Those are awesome, thank you for sharing!

MiTasol · Nov 23, 2018

Ascent said:
On with the pictures.

This is HMS Heythrop after she'd been hit by torpedo from U-652 and before Eridge took her in tow. The last picture seems to be as they were positioning for the tow, although it might be preparing to take crew off before she went down.

That is some serious damage. I am amazed it floated long enough to start a towing operation

Ascent · Nov 24, 2018

These are the last of the pictures. The page they're on simply says Malta Convoy.

Wurger · Nov 24, 2018

fubar57 · Nov 24, 2018

Very cool

Crimea_River · Nov 24, 2018

For sure. Interesting that he had the time to take pictures during an attack.

Ascent · Nov 25, 2018

Crimea_River said:
For sure. Interesting that he had the time to take pictures during an attack.

Given that he worked in one of the gun turrets i doubt he took them himself while they were under attack. I have reason to suspect that more than one crewman had copies of these pictures.

Airframes · Nov 25, 2018

Great set of pics.
I used to have quite a collection, showing knocked-out tanks in the Western Desert, taken by my father, plus others of general scenes in North Africa, but they were lost in a house move some years ago - very annoying !

Sydhuey · Nov 25, 2018

Those last photo's look to be a Dido class Light Cruiser under attack , the look of triple fwd turrets , and the spacing of the twin masts and funnels match a Dido class profile.

Alistair G. · Apr 29, 2020

Thank you for posting the photos of HMS Heythrop. My father was on board that day and I can now fully understand why he had a dim view of dramatised depictions of torpedo impacts. He could well have been one of those on the foredeck in the photograph. He went on to be torpedoed a second time on HMS Medway 3 months later. He did make it through WW2 and was called up again for the "Police Action" in Korea. Much to my mother's disappointment as I was a new born at that time. He passed away in 1992 having worked for the Admiralty, ironically, servicing and testing torpedoes in the West of Scotland.

Some of my Grandfathers pics

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