Lucia (F27) 1907 - 1951
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | F27 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1948 to become the merchant Sinai. Scrapped in La Spezia, Italy on 5 January 1951 |
Lucia
Lucia
Former Hamburg-America liner Spreewald. Captured in September 1914 and converted by Clyde Shipbuilding Co. in 1916
She served the Tenth Submarine Flotilla in the Tees from 1916 to 1918.
Between the wars in the East Indies returning in 1939, was transferred to the Red Sea Force in 1940 and became the eastern Sea Fleet Submarine depot Ship in 1942 till 1945.
Damaged during a Japanese air attack on Colombo in April 1942 and later in the war she became a 'small ship' (up to destroyers) repair ship.
Sold in 1948 and became the merchant ship Sinai
Roll of Honour |
2
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| Syers, Charles Henry | |||
| Died: 17th Jan, 1917. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | |||
| Reported to have been accidentally drowned. but the circumstances are not known. | |||
| Larkin, Eugene C/KX 141736 | |||
| Died: 30th Jun, 1945. | |||
| Stoker 1st Class | Aged: 22 | ||
| from Middlesborough | |||
| Born in Middlesborough in 1923 and he was the son of Thomas Henry Larkin (a blast furnace worker in a steel works) and Ellen Larkin. In September 1939 Eugene Larkin was listed as worker in the same steel works as his father. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 1st Class and in June 1945 he was serving in the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Lucia at Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He is reported to have died (accidentally drowned). |
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Events
| 21-11-1907 | Launched |
| 08-12-1919 | Recommissioned |
| 04-09-1946 | Sold |
| 05-01-1951 | Scrapped in La Spezia, Italy |
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