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264096 Alexander Holland Swann Royal Navy HMS Galatea My father, Alexander Swann, on realising the ship had been hit, made his way up the gangways and stepped into the sea as she was sinking. He was picked up by an American ship after several hours. He had swallowed and inhaled a fair amount of diesel fuel while in the water so was taken to a nearby hospital before being invalided back to the UK. In 1954 he had extensive surgery at Haslar Hospital to remove ulcers that had failed to heal, due to the affects of the fuel. After he had recovered, he continued to serve in the Royal Navy until he retired in 1968. He died in 2007 aged 92. I'm afraid all his possessions went down with the Galatea so I have no photographs of his from that period. Only ones taken later in the war and afterwards. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.