* Dennis Palmer
He was a box trade labourer in 1939.
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He was the son of John Vernon and Mary Palmer and the brother of Cecil Palmer of 26, Cowley Street, Basford, Nottingham.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial Panel 64 Column 3
Name Stornest
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 4,265 tons
Completed 1921 - Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, Sunderland
Owner John Morrison & Son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Homeport Newcastle
Date of attack 12 Oct 1942 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-706 (Alexander von Zitzewitz)
Position 54° 25'N, 27° 42'W - Grid AL 4477
Complement 49 (49 dead - no survivors)
Convoy ONS-136 (straggler)
Route Swansea - Belfast Lough - Boston
Cargo 6000 tons of coal
History Completed in March 1921 as Norwegian Stornes for Skips A/S Fagernes (H.J. Hansen), Kristiania. 1921 sold to Britain and renamed Stornest for John Morrison & Son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Notes on event
At 04.05 hours on 12 October 1942, U-706 fired a torpedo at the unescorted Stornest (Master Henry Ottey Smith) west of Ireland and observed a hit under the aft mast after 34 seconds. The ship was a straggler from convoy ONS-136 due to heavy weather. The master, 38 crew members and ten gunners were lost.
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