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Sturdy (P 248)

Built By: Cammell Laird (Mersey)
Build Group: S3
Fate: Scrapped Dunstone 9/5/58

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Sturdy (P 248)
Sturdy (P 248)
Sturdy (P 248)
Sturdy (P 248)
Sturdy 1955
Sturdy 1955

Roll of Honour

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Died: 02-12-1944
Hiett, Ronald  P/JX 166741
Leading Telegraphist Born: 14-02-1923 Died: 02-12-1944 Aged: 21
from Portsmouth
''The son of George Edward Hiett (a printer) and Lucy Hiett. It is not established when he joined the Royal Navy or Submarines.

On 2nd December 1944 he was a lookout when a Japanese communications vessel was attacked and sunk with demolition charges in the Makassar Straits. After diving Ronald was found to be missing. Despite resurfacing and searching he could not be found.''

Events

22-12-1942 Laid Down
30-09-1943 Launched
29-12-1943 Completed
29-06-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demolition charges off the west coast of Siam.
04-07-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese tugboats and three barges with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
06-07-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks two small Japanese vessels with gunfire and demolition charges off the west coast of Siam.
07-07-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
14-08-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Burma.
27-08-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese fishing vessel with gunfire.
08-10-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks a coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.
09-10-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.
13-10-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks the Japanese Kosei Maru and Hansei Maru off Towari, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.
14-10-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks the Japanese Communication Vessel No.128 with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.
15-10-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.
25-11-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire south-east of Borneo.
26-11-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire south-east of Borneo.
29-11-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese fishing vessels with gunfire in the Java Sea.
01-12-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire in Makassar Strait.
02-12-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks the Japanese Communication Vessel No.142 with gunfire in Makassar Strait.
02-12-1944 One member of the crew was lost. He was: Leading Telegraphist Ronald Hiett P/JX 166741.

Ronald Hiett was born in Portsmouth on 14th February 1923 and he was the son of George Edward Hiett (a printer) and Lucy Hiett. It is not established when he joined the Royal Navy or Submarines.

On 2nd December 1944 he was a lookout when a Japanese communications vessel was attacked and sunk with demolition charges in the Makassar Straits. After diving Ronald Hiett was found to be missing. Despite resurfacing and searching he could not be found.

Twenty-one-year-old Ronald Hiett of 36, Boston Road, Wymering, Portsmouth is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval War Memorial on Panel No. 84 Column No. 2.
05-12-1944 HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in Makassar Strait.
05-03-1945 HMS Sturdy sinks two small Japanese landing craft with gunfire in the eastern part of the Java Sea.
09-05-1958 Scrapped at Dunstone
Comments

Comment by: Joy Davis (nee Wellings) on January 11, 2025

My dad swapped shifts with Ronald Hiett that day. It should have been dad who was on watch. He tried to contact his family when the war was over but with no success. He felt guilty that he had survived and Ronald didn't.

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