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CPO. Henry Newton

Royal Navy HMS Philoctetes

from:Fleetwood

My father, Henry Newton, was one of the workers who spent long hours converting Fleetwood trawlers for use as minesweepers for the Royal Navy. When he saw these set sail he decided to join the Royal Navy. The first ship he was assigned to was HMS Philoctetes. Based in Freetown, West Africa, his job was to repair destroyers and submarines. Whilst in Freetown he saw some of the trawlers that he had helped to convert!



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