HMS manchester

[gray672012]

Any help as i am looking for anyone with information on HMS Manchester which was sunk in the med in 1942.
Billy Richards and -------- Laverick. i do not have his first name, and survivors were interned in camp in Algeirs called LAGHOUAT.
I have no info on Laverick,

[Tab]

Wasn't that ship carrying gold from Russia to Britain when it was sunk in the Baltic and wasn't there a programme about the recovery of the gold about 20 years ago.

[owdun]

I think you will find it was HMS Edinburgh,Tab,sunk in the Barents sea carrying five tons of gold.

Aye.Owdun

[Tab]

Greetings owdun.....I stand corrected

[EH_BURNETT]

Some notes I wrote in college;
HMS Manchester, a Town class light cruiser, built by Hawthorn Leslie at
Hebburn and launched in April 1937, she had a crew of 750. Her first action was
in the Norwegian Campaign in 1940. In 1941, Manchester,saw action in the
battle of Cape Spartivento, when she and other navy ships engaged an Italian
cruiser squadron. HMS Manchester sailed with the Arctic and Malta convoys in
1941–1942, enduring harsh conditions and enemy action. During Operation Pedestal, HMS Manchester scuttled by her crew on the 13th
of August 1942 having been badly damaged by two Italian torpedo boats off
Kelibia, Tunisia, North Africa whilst escorting a convoy to Malta. 28 officers
and 375 men landed on the Tunisian coast and were held by the Vichy French.
British ships rescued 3 officers and 142 men from the water. On his return to Britain, Captain Harold Drew, was summoned to take part in
an enquiry into the sinking. At the end of this "enquiry" he was informed that
he was in fact being charged with negligence by a court martial. He was found
guilty, and was reprimanded, never commanding a ship again. The Admiralty
believed that the ship was still navigable and capable of reaching a neutral port.
A fact disputed by the crew who believed the Captain had made the correct decision to save the men and prevent the top secret radar equipment from
falling into enemy hands.