Frederick Hillier Jones Hufton
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Adopted son of Josiah and Mary Alice Hufton of Nottingham
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 66 Column
HMS President III MV Waimarama
MS Waimarama was part of the fourteen ship convoy Operation Pedestal to the relief of the besieged island of Malta. The 'Operation Pedestal' convoy was the most bombarded convoy in the entire war. The Waimarama was sunk by German Junkers 88 dive bombers off Cape Bon on August 13th 1942. Direct hits by four bombs ignited aviation fuel stored in cans on her deck. The ship exploded in a sheet of flame and smoke. In less than five minutes Waimarama was gone. 63 merchant seamen and 10 Royal Navy sailors, including Signalman Frederick Hufton from Nottingham, were lost (wrecksite.eu)
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