Stanley Geddis

HMS Whitaker

HMS Whitaker was a British Captain-class frigate. The ship was laid down as the unnamed U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-571 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 20 October 1943 and launched on 12 December 1943. She was transferred to the United Kingdom upon completion on 28 January 1944.She served on patrol and escort duty and operated in support of the invasion of Normandy in the summer of 1944.

The German submarine U-483 torpedoed Whitaker at 0210 hours on 1 November 1944, off Malin Head on the north coast of Ireland at position 55°30′00″N 007°39′00″W. Damage control measures brought the resultant fires under control by 0320 hours but not before the ship had lost much of her bow and suffered 79 dead including Able Seaman Stanley Geddis from Beeston, Nottingham. Towed first to Londonderry Port, Northern Ireland, and then to Belfast, Northern Ireland, Whitaker was declared a constructive total loss. (Wikipedia)

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