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Lt. Frank Phillippo Rich Saunders
Royal Canadian Naval Voluntary Reserve HMS Sea Nymph
My father, Lt Frank Saunders RCNVR, was one of very few Canadian officers to serve in submarines of the Royal Navy. He was Torpedo Officer aboard HMS Sea Nymph when she sailed from Blyth, Northumberland, through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal and all the way to Subic Bay in the Philippines. While Sea Nymph was alongside, an electrical fire broke out, but everyone survived. On 20th of June 1945, my father was transferred to HMS Rorqual as Torpedo Officer for the return trip home.