Sinking of HMT Thorbryn 19-8-41 off Tobruk

[Nick Beale]

ULTRA decrypts for the relevant period are in:

DEFE 3/688 (army and Luftwaffe traffic): https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C1910585

DEFE 3/832 (Italian naval traffic): https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C1910729

DEFE 3/25 (naval traffic): https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C1909922

All viewable or downloadable free of charge.

[Andy Mitchell]

Andreas,

This is from Naval-History.net

"Whaler THORBRYN (Lt Cdr J. F. Hall RNR), towing two D.lighters, was sunk by German bombing in 32N, 24-09-15E off Tobruk.


T/Lt D. C. Wilson RNVR, T/Lt W. B. Chisholm RNVR, and six ratings were killed on the whaler.

Hall, T/Sub Lt (E) R. Firing RNVR, T/Lt (E) K. A. Larsen RNR, and sixteen ratings were taken prisoner.

One D lighter was sunk and the second drifted onto the enemy coast. Skipper P. D. Jackson RNR, was killed and T/Skipper J. J. Fortune RNR taken prisoner."

Unfortunately, no references identified.

[Andy Mitchell]

Andreas,

This was in Lagebericht Nr 729. It is a page of Anlage 5 covering merchant vessels attacked in the Med during August 1941. My copy is a pdf version from T77 R0924 PG(?)80462 covering 4.9.41 to 14.9.41. Contact me via PM and I can send you a copy. I checked the other pages of the Anlage and there is nothing else for 19.8.41 in the Med.

The Lagebericht that covers 19.8.41 is Nr 711 of 20.8.41 this is in T077 R0923 PG(?) 80460 - checked again nothing in there for the Med just UK and the attack on Russia. Again if you want a copy let me know.