Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2022 22:34:07 GMT
Le Rhin - HMS Fidelity
The 2nd most secret ship of the War was HMS Fidelity. Built in 1920 in France, Le Rhin was an armed merchantman working for the French Colonial Intelligence Service, She was taken over by the British in June 1940 and ran a lot of secret operations into France and elsewhere. Sadly she was torpedoed by a U-435 when in a convoy in the Atlantic on the 30/31st December 1942.
She went to the bottom of the ocean with almost all her complement of 280 crew, fifty-one Royal Marine Commandos and the WRNS officer plus four civilians. About fifty survivors rescued earlier from the SS Empire Shackelton were also on board.
There were only ten men who survived the sinking of the Fidelity. The ship was based at Barry, South Wales.
The 2nd most secret ship of the War was HMS Fidelity. Built in 1920 in France, Le Rhin was an armed merchantman working for the French Colonial Intelligence Service, She was taken over by the British in June 1940 and ran a lot of secret operations into France and elsewhere. Sadly she was torpedoed by a U-435 when in a convoy in the Atlantic on the 30/31st December 1942.
She went to the bottom of the ocean with almost all her complement of 280 crew, fifty-one Royal Marine Commandos and the WRNS officer plus four civilians. About fifty survivors rescued earlier from the SS Empire Shackelton were also on board.
There were only ten men who survived the sinking of the Fidelity. The ship was based at Barry, South Wales.
