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HMS Prunella
HMS Prunella, aka HMS Cape Howe was built in 1930 as S.S. Knight Almoner by Pardoe-Thomas & Co. Ltd, in 1934 she was purchased by Lyle Shipping Company and renamed, SS Cape Howe. On 15th September 1939 she was converted into an anti-submarine `Q` ship and renamed HMS Prunella (pendant X.02).
HMS Prunella was torpedoed by U-28 in the Southwest Approaches south of Iceland on 21st June 1940.
The SS Cape Howe before she was converted.
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List of those who served on HMS Prunella during The Second World War
- Seaman James Fraser Anderson (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. Gerald Barber (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Sub Lt. James Black Bell (d.21st Jun 1940) Read his Story.
- Sub Lt. James Black Bell (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Ordinary Seaman Sidney Walter Bennet Read his Story.
- Ordinary Seaman Sidney Walter Bennet Read his Story.
- Ord. Seaman Sidney Walter Bennett (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Chief Steward Herbert Boothby (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Arthur Brimfield
- Stoker 1st Class. Bert Brooks (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Asst.Steward Arthur Sidney Burt (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Alexander Campbell (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. William Jacob George Collins (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Frank Corrigan
- Ord. Seaman Frederick Hugh Crowhurst (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Lt Albert Gerald Daniels (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Ldg Seaman. Percy William Day (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. William James Eccott (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. Bernard Henry Sanders Evans (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. Charles Frank Fisher (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Ldg Seaman. Adolphis Louis Galipeau (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Charles Henry Glasson (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Seaman John Mowatt Gunn (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. Edward Hayes (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman Leslie John Heaver (d.21nd June 1940) Read his Story.
- Able Seaman. Leslie John Heaver (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Thomas F. Howell (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. Eric Walter Robert Jones (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Petty Offcr. Kenneth Aubrey Jones (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Signalman. Henry Kane (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Sub Lt. Duncan Cameron Kennedy Read his Story.
- Asst.Cook Albert Edward Lamper (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. Walter George Richard Lawrence (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Sub Lt. Wilfred Alan Lawrence (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Ord. Seaman Robert Joseph Lilly (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Seaman Donald McDonald (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Petty Offcr. Leonard William Milne (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. Victor Eugene Moar (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Seaman John Morrison (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. William H. Musselwhite (d.21st Jun 1940) Read his Story.
- Lt Edward John Ormsby (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. Harry Edward Pamplett (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Seaman James William Park (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Ord. Seaman Percival Arthur Woolacott Parks (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. John William Pickering (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Supply Ass. Andrew Goldie Porteous (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Sto. Phillip Roy Pragnell Read his Story.
- Sto. Roy Pragnell Read his Story.
- P.O. Reginald Eric Prothero (d.21st Jun 1940) Read his Story.
- Able Seaman. Alexander Rae (d.21st Jun 1940)
- 3rd Radio Offr. Harry Rainford (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. Claude Vernon Rogers (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Asst.Cook Harold Leslie Routledge (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Seaman Arthur Rowlett (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Sub Lt. Ian Reignals Winn Stileman (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Petty Offcr. Frederick Stubbs (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. William Charles Terry (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. Albert Edward Waite (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. Clarence Wells (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Petty Offcr. Thomas Welsh (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Lt. John Wilkinson (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Surg. Lt. Frank Hanson Williams (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. Fred Williams (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Able Seaman. George Henry Wood (d.21st Jun 1940)
- Cmdr. Eric Langton Woodhall (d.21st Jun 1940)
Sub Lt. James Black Bell HMS Prunella (d.21st Jun 1940)
My uncle, Sub-Lt James Black Bell was killed because of the torpedoing of HMS Prunella - ex mercantile Cape Howe. It is my understanding that he got off the ship on one of the lifeboats, but that in the storm that came up that night this boat was lost. If anyone has any more information on this event I would be grateful if you could share it with me.
Able Seaman Leslie John Heaver HMS Prunella (d.21nd June 1940)
My uncle was Able Seaman Leslie John Heaver (d. 21 June 1940) whilst serving on H.M.S. Cape Howe. I was told he was on a lifeboat but was shot or torpedoed. I would really appreciate any more information about my uncle to give to my Mom.
Ordinary Seaman Sidney Walter Bennet HMS Cape How
My uncle was Ordinary Seaman Sidney Walter Bennett. He lost his life on 21st June 1940 on board HMS Cape Howe. I think he had only been in the Navy a matter of months.
Ordinary Seaman Sidney Walter Bennet HMS Cape How
My uncle was Ordinary Seaman Sidney Walter Bennett. He lost his life on 21st June 1940 on board HMS Cape Howe. I think he had only been in the Navy a matter of months.
Sub Lt. Duncan Cameron Kennedy HMS Prunella
Supplement to the London Gazette
4th October 1940. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
HONOUR FOR TOWNSMAN
Mentioned in Despatches
Sub-Lieutenant Duncan Cameron Kennedy, R.N.R. , has been mentioned in despatches for "seamanship, bravery and good leadership", and his name appeared in the "London Gazette" of October 4. Sub-Lieut, Kennedy is the son of Mr and Mrs Sam, Kennedy, 19 South Street, He is aged 25 years, and before the war he was a first mate with the Lyle Shipping Company.He is a former pupil of Finnart School and was a popular member of the West-End Baths.
Sub-Lt, Kennedy had charge of one of the lifeboats after his ship had been attacked and sunk by a u-boat in the Atlantic.(He rescued 28 people.)The ship's boats were scattered by a fierce storm that was raging, but Mr Kennedy managed to keep course. After the occupants of his boat had been exposed to Atlantic weather for 3 days, they were sighted by a British flying-boat which gave their position to a steamer, The steamer (Cassamance) picked them up and landed them in a port in England. The survivors made him a presentation as a token of their gratitude for his bravery and efficiency in navigating the lifeboat.
A year or two before the war, Mr Kennedy was on a ship which rescued 32 Portuguese fisherman off the Azores during a storm. Duncan Cameron Kennedy was treated for frost bite after the 3 days at sea and it took it's toll on his health.
He did not want to drown at sea like his Grandfather, Duncan Cameron, who drowned at sea in 1886.
Captain Duncan Cameron Kennedy was born on 24/02/1916 in Greenock, Scotland. When Duncan was a first mate in the Merchant Navy he married Isabella Wallace Picken, an Engineer's Machinist. On 22//07/1942 at Orangefield Baptist Church Greenock, Scotland.
Able Seaman. William H. Musselwhite HMS Prunella (d.21st Jun 1940)
My father William H. Musselwhite was lost on HMS Cape Howe aka. HMS Prunella, in 1940. In the mid 50s I did meet a survivor from the ship who happened to be on the same ship as my self. Then in 1993 I met possibly the only remaining survivor.
P.O. Reginald Eric Prothero HMS Prunella (d.21st Jun 1940)
My Great Uncle died on the HMS Cape Howe. His name was Reginald Eric Prothero. I was named after him.
Sto. Roy Pragnell HMS Prunella
My father-in-law, Roy Pragnell, now aged 85 was one of the survivors on the raft rescued by HMS Versatile. He has a copy of the Daily Mirror photograph of the rescue. He was a stoker and being quite young, 19, worked on auxiliary machinery.
Sto. Phillip Roy Pragnell HMS Prunella
My father-in-law, Roy Pragnell, now aged 85 was one of the survivors on the raft rescued by HMS Versatile. He has a copy of the Daily Mirror photograph of the rescue. He was a stoker and being quite young, 19, worked on auxiliary machinery.
Thirteen men rescued by HMS Versatile, Arthur Brimfield (2nd left), Philip Roy Pragnell in the middle the dark sweater.
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