Kenneth Tandy

HM Motor Torpedo Boat 417

MTB 417 (BPB 72 feet-type class Motor Torpedo Boat) and MTB 418 and two other boats supported by three MGBs (Motor Gun Boat) vectored to intercept a convoy between Calais and Boulogne. Two MGBs become detached , the rest of the force approached but were detected and engaged by heavy gunfire from ships (Vorpostenboot) of the 18 Vorpostenflotille, Vp 1802 Wandrahm, Vp 1803 Le Havre de Grace, Vp 1804 Excellent , Vp 1810 Condor, Vp 1811 Sylt and Vp 1815 Loodsboot 6.

MTB 417 was hit by several 88mm shells from Vp 1810 Condor (sunk 2/6/1944) and Vp 1811 Sylt. MTB 417 burst into flames and sank with all hands. MTB 418 approached the position of the sinking but was beaten off by gunfire.

Also lost ;

Able Seaman George Adams - Son of Ernest T. and Elizabeth M. Adams, of Tottenham, London.
Ty/Sub Lieutenant Henry Berkeley RCNVR - Son of Reginald Cheyne Berkeley and Gwendoline Judith Louise Berkeley.
Act/Able Seaman Dennis Burrin - Son of Frederick James Burrin and Emma Lydia Burrin, of
Edgware, Middlesex.
Able Seaman Robert Cocker - Son of John William Cocker and of Hilda May Cocker, of Heworth, York.
Stoker 2c Albert Fearn - Son of Fred and Annie Fearn, of Hulland, Derbyshire.
Ordinary Seaman James Goostree - Son of Albert and Alice Goostree, of Tottenham, Middlesex.
Ordinary Seaman Walter Hallsworth - Son of Walter and Laura Hallsworth, of Milford, Derbyshire.
Ty/Sub Lieutenant Thomas Hughes DSC - Son of Thomas Francis, and Elizabeth Blair Hughes, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.
Telegraphist Dennis Jones - Son of George Lee Jones and Lilian Jones, of Chester.
Able Seaman Harvey Jones - Son of Percy Reginald and Ivy Rebecca Jones, of Chippenham,
Wiltshire.
Ordinary Seaman Edward Kelly
Ty/Act/Petty Officer Peter Reeves DSM - Son of James and Emilene Maud Reeves, of Hounslow, Middlesex.
Lieutenant Ralph Rooper DSC - Son of John Royden Rooper and Isobel Iris Rooper, of Shamley Green, Surrey.
Ordinary Seaman Robert Rose
Able Seaman William Steele
Stoker 1c Benjamin Watmore
Ty/Leading Telegraphist Eric Woolis - Son of Benjamin and Hilda Woolis, of Ripley, Derbyshire.