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HMS Foxtrot
HMS Foxtrot was an ASW trawler of the Dance class, measuring 530 tons (770 tons full load) and was 160' x 27' with reciprocating steam engines 850 hp with one shaft giving a top speed of 11 knots. She was armed with 1 x 4", 3 x 20mm guns and had a crew of 35 men. The vessel was ordered on 9th of September 1939 and was built by Cochranes at Selby. Launched 23rd of April 1940 and completed August 1940. She served initially in home waters, then transferred to the Mediterranean in 1943. She transferred to the Army in 1946 and was sold for scrap in 1951.
12th Jan 1941 Training
14th Mar 1942 Warship Week
30th Nov 1942 Patrols Completed
20th Apr 1943 Rescue
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Those known to have sailed in HMS Foxtrot during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Dunn Edwin. PO
- Fry Francis Carlton.
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Francis Carlton Fry HMS Foxtrot   Frank Fry was my grandfather. He served on HMS Foxtrot for most of, perhaps throughout, WW2 on minesweeping duties sailing mainly from Hull.
His brother, my great uncle Tom, served similarly but out of Lowestoft. Married to Beatrice (Beet) they had four children, my mother being the eldest, Beatrice (Betty), Frank the oldest son, then Ron and, youngest, Tom.
He spoke little of his time at sea, though I have just a couple of memories from my boyhood days with him.
His ship (I believe it was HMS Foxtrot) hit a mine, causing damage above and below the waterline. He and others worked without sleep for two or three days on repairs, enabling it to make port.
My grandfather's health was very severely compromised with emphysema after, he told me, being blown up on the deck of a ship carrying cordite explosives which had been attacked by a JU-88.
Much of his time was spent supporting the Arctic convoys to Russia. I recall him telling me how spray often caused risk of capsize through ice accretion on the ship's gunwales and rigging. The crew used to chip it off with steam hoses and axes. He also recounted how a nearby ship ran into a mine, which exploded with not much noise but with a large puff of smoke.
My grandfather died in Hull aged 64 in 1968.
I have a photograph of him in uniform during WW2, which shows him (I think but not certain) as a CPO Stoker, certainly he was an engineer. Also a photo of HMS Foxtrot, believed to have been taken at Hull.
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PO Edwin Dunn HMS Foxtrot My father, Edwin Dunn, was Petty Officer (Signals) on board Foxtrot during most of the war and was quite a bit older than most of the crew. Not only was the ship involved in the runs from Gibralter to Malta, it was also on the northern convoys to Russia. There was some talk about activity round the Eastern Mediterranean after the war. They were terrible times for small ships and he came back a broken man. I have a photo of the ship and him in uniform.
If there is any of the crew left or any other memorabilia I would like to know.
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