D/KX 87719 Stoker First Class Joseph Brunt
HMS "Courageous".
Aged 22.
Son of Thomas Brunt and Elizabeth Brunt, formerly Phelan, of Waterford.
HMS Courageous was a Battle Cruiser, converted to an Aircraft Carrier, which was sunk by U-29 in the first weeks of World War 2, with the loss of 519 of her normal crew compliment of 842. It’s location was then about 150nm WSW of Mizen Head, in the Western Approaches. It carried 48 aircraft.
The following has been taken from Wikipedia.
Courageous served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and 822 Squadrons aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. In the early days of the war, hunter-killer groups were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish. Courageous departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an anti-submarine patrol in the Western Approaches, escorted by four destroyers. On the evening of 17 September 1939, she was on one such patrol off the coast of Ireland. Two of her four escorting destroyers had been sent to help a merchant ship under attack and all her aircraft had returned from patrols. During this time, Courageous was stalked for over two hours by U-29, commanded by Captain-Lieutenant Otto Schuhart. The carrier then turned into the wind to launch her aircraft. This put the ship right across the bow of the submarine, which fired three torpedoes. Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her port side before any aircraft took off, knocking out all electrical power, and she capsized and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of 519 of her crew, including her captain. The survivors were rescued by the Dutch ocean liner Veendam and the British freighter Collingworth. The two escorting destroyers counterattacked U-29 for four hours, but the submarine escaped.
An earlier unsuccessful attack on Ark Royal by U-39 on 14 September, followed by the sinking of Courageous three days later, prompted the Royal Navy to withdraw its carriers from anti-submarine patrols. Courageous was the first British warship to be sunk by German forces. (The submarine Oxley had been sunk a week earlier by "Friendly fire" from the British submarine Triton.) The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore Karl Dönitz, regarded the sinking of Courageous as "a wonderful success" and it led to widespread jubilation in the Kriegsmarine (German navy). Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine, directed that Schuhart be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and that all other members of the crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class.
His name
Joseph Patrick Brunt
is recorded on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon to those from the Royal Navy, who lost their lives in both World Wars
HMS "Courageous".
Aged 22.
Son of Thomas Brunt and Elizabeth Brunt, formerly Phelan, of Waterford.
HMS Courageous was a Battle Cruiser, converted to an Aircraft Carrier, which was sunk by U-29 in the first weeks of World War 2, with the loss of 519 of her normal crew compliment of 842. It’s location was then about 150nm WSW of Mizen Head, in the Western Approaches. It carried 48 aircraft.
The following has been taken from Wikipedia.
Courageous served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and 822 Squadrons aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. In the early days of the war, hunter-killer groups were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish. Courageous departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an anti-submarine patrol in the Western Approaches, escorted by four destroyers. On the evening of 17 September 1939, she was on one such patrol off the coast of Ireland. Two of her four escorting destroyers had been sent to help a merchant ship under attack and all her aircraft had returned from patrols. During this time, Courageous was stalked for over two hours by U-29, commanded by Captain-Lieutenant Otto Schuhart. The carrier then turned into the wind to launch her aircraft. This put the ship right across the bow of the submarine, which fired three torpedoes. Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her port side before any aircraft took off, knocking out all electrical power, and she capsized and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of 519 of her crew, including her captain. The survivors were rescued by the Dutch ocean liner Veendam and the British freighter Collingworth. The two escorting destroyers counterattacked U-29 for four hours, but the submarine escaped.
An earlier unsuccessful attack on Ark Royal by U-39 on 14 September, followed by the sinking of Courageous three days later, prompted the Royal Navy to withdraw its carriers from anti-submarine patrols. Courageous was the first British warship to be sunk by German forces. (The submarine Oxley had been sunk a week earlier by "Friendly fire" from the British submarine Triton.) The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore Karl Dönitz, regarded the sinking of Courageous as "a wonderful success" and it led to widespread jubilation in the Kriegsmarine (German navy). Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine, directed that Schuhart be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and that all other members of the crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class.
His name
Joseph Patrick Brunt
is recorded on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon to those from the Royal Navy, who lost their lives in both World Wars
D/KX 87719 Stoker First Class Joseph Brunt
HMS "Courageous".
Aged 22.
Son of Thomas Brunt and Elizabeth Brunt, formerly Phelan, of Waterford.
HMS Courageous was a Battle Cruiser, converted to an Aircraft Carrier, which was sunk by U-29 in the first weeks of World War 2, with the loss of 519 of her normal crew compliment of 842. It’s location was then about 150nm WSW of Mizen Head, in the Western Approaches. It carried 48 aircraft.
The following has been taken from Wikipedia.
Courageous served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and 822 Squadrons aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. In the early days of the war, hunter-killer groups were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish. Courageous departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an anti-submarine patrol in the Western Approaches, escorted by four destroyers. On the evening of 17 September 1939, she was on one such patrol off the coast of Ireland. Two of her four escorting destroyers had been sent to help a merchant ship under attack and all her aircraft had returned from patrols. During this time, Courageous was stalked for over two hours by U-29, commanded by Captain-Lieutenant Otto Schuhart. The carrier then turned into the wind to launch her aircraft. This put the ship right across the bow of the submarine, which fired three torpedoes. Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her port side before any aircraft took off, knocking out all electrical power, and she capsized and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of 519 of her crew, including her captain. The survivors were rescued by the Dutch ocean liner Veendam and the British freighter Collingworth. The two escorting destroyers counterattacked U-29 for four hours, but the submarine escaped.
An earlier unsuccessful attack on Ark Royal by U-39 on 14 September, followed by the sinking of Courageous three days later, prompted the Royal Navy to withdraw its carriers from anti-submarine patrols. Courageous was the first British warship to be sunk by German forces. (The submarine Oxley had been sunk a week earlier by "Friendly fire" from the British submarine Triton.) The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore Karl Dönitz, regarded the sinking of Courageous as "a wonderful success" and it led to widespread jubilation in the Kriegsmarine (German navy). Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine, directed that Schuhart be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and that all other members of the crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class.
His name
Joseph Patrick Brunt
is recorded on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon to those from the Royal Navy, who lost their lives in both World Wars
HMS "Courageous".
Aged 22.
Son of Thomas Brunt and Elizabeth Brunt, formerly Phelan, of Waterford.
HMS Courageous was a Battle Cruiser, converted to an Aircraft Carrier, which was sunk by U-29 in the first weeks of World War 2, with the loss of 519 of her normal crew compliment of 842. It’s location was then about 150nm WSW of Mizen Head, in the Western Approaches. It carried 48 aircraft.
The following has been taken from Wikipedia.
Courageous served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and 822 Squadrons aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. In the early days of the war, hunter-killer groups were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish. Courageous departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an anti-submarine patrol in the Western Approaches, escorted by four destroyers. On the evening of 17 September 1939, she was on one such patrol off the coast of Ireland. Two of her four escorting destroyers had been sent to help a merchant ship under attack and all her aircraft had returned from patrols. During this time, Courageous was stalked for over two hours by U-29, commanded by Captain-Lieutenant Otto Schuhart. The carrier then turned into the wind to launch her aircraft. This put the ship right across the bow of the submarine, which fired three torpedoes. Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her port side before any aircraft took off, knocking out all electrical power, and she capsized and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of 519 of her crew, including her captain. The survivors were rescued by the Dutch ocean liner Veendam and the British freighter Collingworth. The two escorting destroyers counterattacked U-29 for four hours, but the submarine escaped.
An earlier unsuccessful attack on Ark Royal by U-39 on 14 September, followed by the sinking of Courageous three days later, prompted the Royal Navy to withdraw its carriers from anti-submarine patrols. Courageous was the first British warship to be sunk by German forces. (The submarine Oxley had been sunk a week earlier by "Friendly fire" from the British submarine Triton.) The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore Karl Dönitz, regarded the sinking of Courageous as "a wonderful success" and it led to widespread jubilation in the Kriegsmarine (German navy). Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine, directed that Schuhart be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and that all other members of the crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class.
His name
Joseph Patrick Brunt
is recorded on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon to those from the Royal Navy, who lost their lives in both World Wars
Inscription
In Memory Of
THOMAS BRUNT, died14th Aug. 1925.
his wife ELIZABETH, died 18th Aug. 1971
their son JOSEPH R.N., lost at sea 17th Sept. 1939.
his father ABEL M.N. lost with all hands 7th Nov. 1872.
his mother ELLEN (née BLACK) died 29th Feb. 1924.
his grandfather Capt. T. BLACK M.N. died 1st Dec. 1869.
their son JOHN BRUNT died 12th March 1991.
their daughter NUALA died 12th Oct. 2000.
their son THOMAS died 20th Feb. 2015
R. I. P.
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