Notes for Fred Iley: 1941 Died with all hands when HMS Martin sank in Mediterranean Destroyer of the M class
Navy: The Royal Navy Type: Destroyer Class: M Pennant: G 44 Built by: Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Parsons Ordered: Laid down: 23 Oct, 1939 Launched: 12 Dec, 1940 Commissioned: 4 Apr, 1942 Lost: 10 Nov, 1942
History: HMS Martin (Cdr. C.R.P. Thomson, DSO, RN) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-431 northeast of Algiers, Algeria in position 37.53N, 03.57E. 161 Officers and men went down with the ship. There 63 survivors. Hit by U-boat Sunk on 10 Nov, 1942 by U-431 (Dommes).
U-431 (History) Type VIIC Laid down 4 Jan, 1940 F. Schichau, Danzig Commissioned 5 Apr, 1941 Kptlt. Wilhelm Dommes (Knights Cross) Commanders 5 Apr, 1941 - 6 Jan, 1943 Kptlt. Wilhelm Dommes (Knights Cross) 15 Dec, 1942 - 21 Oct, 1943 Oblt. Dietrich Schöneboom (Knights Cross)
Successes 7 ships sunk for a total of 9.752 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 313 GRT 2 warships sunk for a total of 3.548 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 3.560 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 450 tons 1 ship a total loss for a total of 6.415 GRT Fate Sunk on 21 Oct, 1943 in the Mediterranean out of Algiers in position 37.23N, 00.35E, by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 179/Z). 52 dead (all hands lost).
Children of Fred Iley and Elsie Turley are:
Fred Iley, b. Bet. Apr - May 1941, Newcastle-on-Tyne, d. 10 Nov 1942.
Fred Iley (d. May 1941)
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