67914 Stoker 1st Class, South African Naval Forces. Served on H.M.S. Hermes. Son of Mrs H de Castro of Cape Town, South Africa. Died when HMS Hermes was sunk south of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft. Also commemorated on Panel 74 Column 2 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England.
HMS Hermes was the first Royal Navy warship designed and built for use as an aircraft carrier. Built by Armstrong's at Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it was completed in Jul 1923. In Mar 1942 she joined the Eastern fleet at Trincomalee to join the search for Japanese warships in the Indian Ocean. On 4 Apr 1942 she was detached to take passage to Trincomalee and prepare for Madagascar landings. On 9 Apr 1942, while South of Ceylon, with no aircraft on board, she was attacked by Japanese aircraft and hit by no fewer than forty 250 lb Bombs. 306 of her ship's company lost their lives. The Australian Destroyer HMAS Vampire was also sunk in these attacks.
HMS Hermes was the first Royal Navy warship designed and built for use as an aircraft carrier. Built by Armstrong's at Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it was completed in Jul 1923. In Mar 1942 she joined the Eastern fleet at Trincomalee to join the search for Japanese warships in the Indian Ocean. On 4 Apr 1942 she was detached to take passage to Trincomalee and prepare for Madagascar landings. On 9 Apr 1942, while South of Ceylon, with no aircraft on board, she was attacked by Japanese aircraft and hit by no fewer than forty 250 lb Bombs. 306 of her ship's company lost their lives. The Australian Destroyer HMAS Vampire was also sunk in these attacks.
67914 Stoker 1st Class, South African Naval Forces. Served on H.M.S. Hermes. Son of Mrs H de Castro of Cape Town, South Africa. Died when HMS Hermes was sunk south of Ceylon by Japanese aircraft. Also commemorated on Panel 74 Column 2 of the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England.
HMS Hermes was the first Royal Navy warship designed and built for use as an aircraft carrier. Built by Armstrong's at Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it was completed in Jul 1923. In Mar 1942 she joined the Eastern fleet at Trincomalee to join the search for Japanese warships in the Indian Ocean. On 4 Apr 1942 she was detached to take passage to Trincomalee and prepare for Madagascar landings. On 9 Apr 1942, while South of Ceylon, with no aircraft on board, she was attacked by Japanese aircraft and hit by no fewer than forty 250 lb Bombs. 306 of her ship's company lost their lives. The Australian Destroyer HMAS Vampire was also sunk in these attacks.
HMS Hermes was the first Royal Navy warship designed and built for use as an aircraft carrier. Built by Armstrong's at Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it was completed in Jul 1923. In Mar 1942 she joined the Eastern fleet at Trincomalee to join the search for Japanese warships in the Indian Ocean. On 4 Apr 1942 she was detached to take passage to Trincomalee and prepare for Madagascar landings. On 9 Apr 1942, while South of Ceylon, with no aircraft on board, she was attacked by Japanese aircraft and hit by no fewer than forty 250 lb Bombs. 306 of her ship's company lost their lives. The Australian Destroyer HMAS Vampire was also sunk in these attacks.
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