Happy it-would-have-been-your-142nd-birthday, Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache
10 June 1941 // Corvette HMS Pintail was sunk by a German mine off the Humber Estuary while assisting another mined vessel. She was destroyed by a violent explosion and sank in under three minutes. 55 of her 77 crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum A 7577) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
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#OTD 10/6/1960 #RememberRCN -The last flight of a Royal Canadian Navy Grumman Avenger, the aircraft was later struck off strength on 5 July 1960. Photo courtesy of @YAWMuseum
Odd This Day
10 June 1915 // While patrolling off Harwich, two torpedo boats, TB.12 and TB.10 were lost to mines laid by German submarine UC.11. TB.12 was mined on the afternoon of 9 June: she remained afloat at first and TB.10 was assisting her when she too struck a mine in the early hours of 10 June. [1/2]
