HMS Lamerton L88 1941-46 Hunt class destroyer

[tony martin]

HI, I would like to hear from any person that may know anything of the of this ship or any person who may know of somebody that served on board the ship betrween 1941 when it came into service till the end of WW2.

[keith9351]

This site gives ships history, just add www. in front

naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Lamerton.htm

Keith

[tony martin]

Hi Keith, Many thanks for your reply to me request, I have been tracing crew members of this ship since 2001 and in this time I have met many crew members, being 65 years after WW2 all men are nearing 90+ now and its come to the stage its trying to find relations of the crew that may have information. I have two folders of photosand much info of the time between 1941-46 when my father was on board.

All the best.

Tony.

[stevenpenny]

Hi,

I can't claim this to be my own work but it may help:



HMS Lamerton was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd in Wallsend. Her keel was laid on 10th Apr 1940 and she was launched on 14th Dec of the same year. In Oct 1941 she formed part of the 12th Escort Group based at Londonderry. In March 1942 Lamerton was involved in North Atlantic convoy duties between Liverpool and Hvalfjord in Iceland. In February 1943, whilst escorting a supply convoy off the Algerian coast in company with the destroyers HMS Wheatland, HMS Easton and HMS Bicester, they detected and destroyed the Italian submarine Asteria on the 17th, and again on the 23rd the German submarine U-443 off Algiers.

In July 1943 she was involved in operation Husky. When the attack on the Italian mainland began, Lamerton was heavily involved in warding off air attacks in the Straits of Messina. In September 1943, after the surrender of Italy, she was engaged in operations off the Yugoslavian coast.

On 21 September 1945, Lamerton entered the Selborne dry dock at Simonstown South Africa and commenced refitting. On 9 November 1945 she was undocked.

On 27 April 1953 Lamerton was lent to the RIN for a period of three years on condition that she could be returned on request, should an emergency occur. She was renamed Gomati on 5 May Later she was purchased from Britain. Gomati was paid off in 1975.

Commands listed for HMS Lamerton (L 88)

1 Lt.Cdr. Hugh Crofton Simms, RN - 10 Jun 1941 to Jan 1942
2 Lt.Cdr. Cuthbert Richard Purse, DSC, RN - Jan 1942 to 30 Nov 1943
3 Lt.Cdr. Gordon Thomas Seccombe Gray, RN - 30 Nov 1943 to 26 Feb 1945
4 A/Lt.Cdr. Robert Angus Martin Hennessy, RN - 26 Feb 1945 to Oct 1945 ?

Steve