What Happened to these Ships please

[ivorthediver]

I have had a great deal of help from members of this website but I still have a few I's to dot with regard to my Uncles Service Certificate

On some of the ships he served on I need to Know what and when happened to them as I am led to believe by relatives that my uncle had two if not three lots of survivors Leave when torpedoed

to this end I am trying to find out "IF" the ships he served on were in fact torpedoed and when

As I have stated on another thread, he has an entry in the " Wounds received in action" section which says WSI [3] and I am trying to find out what in actual fact all these bits of the jigsaw mean and if they interlock

The Ships in question are as follows with the dates he served on them:-

HMS BADGER 17 May 43 till 18 March 44
HMS PUFFIN 19 March 44 " 14 May 45
HMS WALDERGRAVE 9 June 45 " 16 June 45

I have a pretty good idea about the other ships but not these unless anyone knows of a ship refereed to as "Golden Hind" which it has been suggested may be a shore base in Australia as he also served on HMS ADAMANT from Sept 45 till 28 June 46

Any help would be very welcome please

[qprdave]

I am not sure if the German U-Boats were that good Ivor

HMS Badger

HMS Badger (Shore Establishmment) was commissioned in 1939 as the headquarters of the Flag Officer In Charge, Harwich. The site was decommissioned in 1946, but the facility remained an emergency port control until 1992.

HMS Waldegrave

HMS Waldegrave K579 (DE 570)

Buckley Class

Named after Admiral W Waldegrave of Courageous 1793.

Laid Down
16th October 1943 at Bethlehem Steel Hingham MA
Launched
4th December 1943
Commissioned
25th January 1944
Date returned to US Navy
13th December 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap June 1948
Commanding Officer
Lt May RN

[ivorthediver]

Thanks Dave that at least tidies up that piece of the jigsaw.

Very Grateful for your contribution here

Regards Ivor

[historydavid]

Ivor, the ships:

The vessel Golden Hind was a Misc Service Yacht of 144 tons, built 1931, which was requisitioned and served as a BBV, released sometime in 1945.

L.52 Patrol Sloop Puffin, Kingfisher class, built 1936, damaged 26/3/4 ramming U boat in N Sea, CTL; sold 16/1/47.

K.579 Frigate (ex US DE) Waldegrave, Captain class, 4/12/43 - 3/12/45, returned to USN.