Stewart Allan Bloomer
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Son of Edwin Thomas Bloomer and Dorothy Bloomer of Nottingham
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 89 Column 2
HMS Vervain
HMS Vervain was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. On 28 February 1943 the liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by German submarine U-405 while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk, Russia. Survivors were picked up by Vervain and HMS Beverley near Greenland.
On 20 February 1945 at 11.45 hours Vervain was escorting a homeward-bound convoy when she was sunk by a torpedo from a U-boat, U-1276 under Oberleutnant zur See Karl-Heinz Wendt, about 25 miles south-east of Dungarvan, Ireland, south of Waterford. Vervain sank after 20 minutes.
The commander, three officers and 56 ratings were lost including Ordinary Seaman Stewart Bloomer from Nottingham and Telegraphist James Worton from Skegby, Mansfield. Three officers and 30 ratings were rescued. In turn the U-boat, U-1276 was sunk with depth charges by HMS Amethyst. The action resulted in the loss of all 49 of the U-boat's crew. (Wikipedia)
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