Cecil Hatherley
Service number
D/MX 59502
Military unit
HMS Galatea Royal Navy
Address
31 Victoria Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
Date of birth
16 Nov 1919
Date of death
15 Dec 1941 (22 years old)
Place of birth
Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Son of John and Florance Hatherley of 31 Victoria Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Military history
HMS Galatea was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. On 14 December 1941 before midnight Galatea (Captain E.W.B. Sim) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-557 off Alexandria, Egypt. Captain Sim, 22 officers and 447 ratings were killed. Some 100 survivors were picked up by the destroyers Griffin and Hotspur. Less than 48 hours later, U-557 was rammed by the Italian Orsa class torpedo boat Orione whose captain mistook it for a British submarine, sunk with all hands.
Extra information
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Photographs
Photo of Cecil Hatherley