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HMS Truculent

"On the evening of 12th January 1950 HMS Truculent was proceeding on the surface from the submarine exercise area to Sheerness on completion of Dockyard trials, for which a party of Chatham dockyard officers and men were also on board. The SS Divina, with a Trinity House pilot on board, was on passage from the Port of London to Ipswich and at the time of the collision, shortly after 7pm, was in the vicinity of the West Oaze Buoy, a narrow part of the Thames estuary.For some time before the impact each vessel had the lights of the other in sight....". The subsequent Board of Enquiry report states that: (The submarine) entered the Thames Estuary through Princes Channel, thence passing between Red Sand Sheal and Shivering Sand Fort on course 280 degrees. Her speed was about 9 knots through the water. In Oaze Deep, course was altered to 261 degrees. The collision occurred with SS Divina in position one mile bearing 287 degrees from Red Sand Tower.Many of the bodies were never recovered.Civilian casualties were:Mills,BaileyAlexanderService casualties were:BROOKES E,CAMPBELL E, CHILD J, DAW L A, DENNY J H,DIGHTON W E,DONNELLY P,DORN A, DRING G R, EDWARDS T C, ELDRIDGE G T, ELLIS F G, FARMAN N, FIRBANK W J, FOX F R,FROST R A C, GUTRIDGE M F, HARRISON G W J, HEAD P A T,HELLIWELL R W,HIGGINS L C, HINDES F J, HINE F W, INGLE W, JOHNSON R, JOHNSTON M B, JONES H G, LIKELY M J, MacKENZIE G E, MANLEY J S, McINTYRE J F, MURPHY M A, MYATT F G, NEIGHBOUR R A, NOON K C E, OLIVER W A, PHILLIPS E G L, PHILLIPS T P, POWELL D N, PROUSE K R, PURKISS B S, READ J L, RICHARDSON T, ROBINSON P R, SMITH A R, SWIRE W, TAYLOR C, WOOD E GThere were also civilians on board.At Gillingham [Woodlands] cemetery, there is the grave of one identified casualty from this disaster.

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Ernest William Alexander

1913 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Philip John Bailey Flowers have been left.

unknown – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

John George Child

25 Sep 1925 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: Naval Reservation

John Hughes Denny

13 Nov 1925 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: Naval Reservation

Alfred Dorn Flowers have been left.

10 Dec 1928 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: Naval Reservation

Thomas Claude Edwards

12 May 1926 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: Naval Reservation

Francis Richard Fox Flowers have been left.

17 May 1921 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: RN Reservation

Maurice Frederick Gutridge Flowers have been left.

13 Aug 1929 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: Naval Reservation

F / Lt Leslie George Harris

21 Mar 1922 – 12 Jan 1950

Crayford, London Borough of Bexley, Greater London, England

Leonard Charles Higgins Flowers have been left.

5 Apr 1924 – 12 Jan 1950

Barkingside, London Borough of Redbridge, Greater London, England

Plot info: 2286

Edward Gordon MacKenzie Flowers have been left.

23 Oct 1926 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

John Figg McIntyre

29 Nov 1914 – 12 Jan 1950

Burial Details Unknown

Norman Albert Mills Flowers have been left.

unknown – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: Naval Reservation

Francis George Myatt Flowers have been left.

9 Aug 1923 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: Naval Reservation

Kenneth Charles Ernest Noon Flowers have been left.

20 Mar 1929 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

Plot info: Naval Reservation

William Alfred “Ginger” Oliver

18 Dec 1923 – 12 Jan 1950

Edmonton, London Borough of Enfield, Greater London, England

Plot info: Sec 2, Grave 926

Edward George Lampia Phillips

8 May 1923 – 12 Jan 1950

Allerton, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Plot info: RC/19/937

Terence Paul Phillips Flowers have been left.

23 Jun 1924 – 12 Jan 1950

Burial Details Unknown

Bryan Sydney Purkiss

3 Jun 1928 – 12 Jan 1950

Gillingham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

John Lynton Read Flowers have been left.

6 Jul 1926 – 12 Jan 1950

Seal, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England

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