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HMS Prunella, aka HMS Cape Howe was built in 1930 as S.S. Knight Almoner by Pardoe-Thomas & Co. Ltd, in 1934 she was purchased by Lyle Shipping Company and renamed, SS Cape Howe. On 15th September 1939 she was converted into an anti-submarine `Q` ship and renamed HMS Prunella (pendant X.02).
HMS Prunella was torpedoed by U-28 in the Southwest Approaches south of Iceland on 21st June 1940.
The SS Cape Howe before she was converted.
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Supplement to the London Gazette
4th
October 1940.NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
HONOUR FOR
TOWNSMAN
Mentioned in Despatches
Sub-Lieutenant Duncan
Cameron Kennedy, R.N.R. , has been mentioned in despatches for
"seamanship, bravery and good leadership", and his name appeared in the
"London Gazette" of October 4. Sub-Lieut, Kennedy is the son of
Mr and Mrs Sam, Kennedy, 19 South Street, He is aged 25 years, and before
the war he was a first mate with the Lyle Shipping Company.He is a
former pupil of Finnart School and was a popular member of the West-End
Baths.
Sub-Lt, Kennedy had charge of one of the lifeboats after his
ship had been attacked and sunk by a u-boat in the Atlantic.(He rescued 28 people.)The ship's boats were
scattered by a fierce storm that was raging, but Mr Kennedy managed to
keep course. After the occupants of his boat had been exposed to Atlantic
weather for 3 days, they were sighted by a British flying-boat which gave
their position to a steamer, The steamer (Cassamance) picked them up and landed them in a port
in England. The survivors made him a presentation as a token of their
gratitude for his bravery and efficiency in navigating the
lifeboat.
A year or two before the war, Mr Kennedy was on a ship
which rescued 32 Portuguese fisherman off the Azores during a storm.
Duncan Cameron Kennedy was treated for frost bite after the 3 days at
sea and it took it's toll on his health.
He did not want to drown
at sea like his Grandfather, Duncan Cameron, who drowned at sea in 1886.
Captain Duncan Cameron Kennedy was born on 24/02/1916 in Greenock, Scotland. When Duncan was a first mate in the Merchant Navy he married Isabella Wallace Picken, an Engineer's Machinist. On 22//07/1942 at Orangefield Baptist Church Greenock, Scotland
Read more about Duncan Cameron Kennedy
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My father William H. Musselwhite was lost on HMS Cape Howe in 1940. In the mid 50s I did meet a survivior from the ship who happened to be on the same ship as my self. Then in 1993 I met possibly the remaining survivor Peter Musselwhite.
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My Great Uncle died on the HMS Cape Howe. His name was Reginald Eric Prothero. I was named after him
Eric Prothero-Brooks
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My father-in-law, Roy Pragnell, now aged 85 was one of the survivors on the raft rescued by HMS Versatile. He has a copy of the Daily Mirror photograph of the rescue. He was a stoker and being quite young, 19, worked on auxiliary machinery.
William Garlick
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Photographs
Thirteen men rescued by HMS Versatile, Arthur Brimfield (2nd left), Philip Roy Pragnell in the middle the dark sweater.
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List of those who served on this Ship
- Seaman James Fraser Anderson. (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman Gerald Barber (d. 21 June 1940)
- Sub-Lt James Black Bell (d. 21 June 1940)
- Ordinary Seaman Sidney Walter Bennett. (d. 21 June 1940)
- Chief Steward, Herbert Boothby (d. 21 June 1940)
- Arthur Brimfield
- Stoker 1st Class, Bert Brooks. (d. 21 June 1940)
- Assistant Steward, Arthur Sydney Burt (d. 21 June 1940)
- Alexander Campbell. (d. 21 June 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class, William Jacob George Collins (d. 21 June 1940)
- Frank Corrigan
- Ordinary Seaman Frederick Hugh Crowhurst (d. 21 June 1940)
- Lt. Albert Gerald Daniels (d. 21 June 1940)
- Leading Seaman, Percy William Day (d. 21 June 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class William James Eccott (d. 21 June 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class Bernard Henry Sanders Evans (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman Charles Frank Fisher (d. 21 June 1940)
- Leading Seaman Adolphis Louis Galipeau. (d. 21 June 1940)
- Charles Henry Glasson (d. 21 June 1940)
- Seaman John Mowatt Gunn (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman Edward Hayes (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman Leslie John Heaver (d. 21 June 1940)
- Thomas F Howell (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman Eric Walter Robert Jones (d. 21 June 1940)
- Petty Officer Kenneth Aubrey Jones, Writer (d. 21 June 1940)
- Sub-Lieutenant Duncan Cameron Kennedy, R.N.R. Read his Story
- Albert Edward Lamper, Assistant Cook(d. 21 June 1940)
- Sub-Lt Wolfred Alan Lawrence (d. 21 June 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class. Walter George Richard Lawrence (d. 21 June 1940)
- Ordinary Seaman Robert Joseph Lilly (d. 21 June 1940)
- Henry Kane. Signalman.(d. 21 June 1940)
- Seaman Donald MacDonald (d. 21 June 1940)
- Petty Officer Leonard Wiliam Milne (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman, Victor Eugene Moar (d. 21 June 1940)
- Seaman John Morrison (d. 21 June 1940)
- Seaman William H Musselwhite (d. 21 June 1940) Read his Story
- Lt Edward John Ormsby (d. 21 June 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class Pamplett (d. 21 June 1940)
- Seaman James William Park (d. 21 June 1940)
- Ordinary Seaman Percival Arthur Wollacott Parks. (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman John William Pickering (d. 21 June 1940)
- Andrew Goldie Porteous. Supply Assistant. (d. 21 June 1940)
- Philip Roy Pragnell Read his Story
- Petty Officer Reginald Eric Prothero (d. 21 June 1940)Read his Story
- Able Seaman Alexander Rae (d. 21 June 1940)
- Harry Rainford. Third Radio Officer.(d. 21 June 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class Claude Vernon Rogers (d. 21 June 1940)
- Harold Leslie Routledge. Assistant Cook.(d. 21 June 1940)
- Seaman Arthur Rowlett (d. 21 June 1940)
- Sub-Lt Ian Reginald Winn Stileman (d. 21 June 1940)
- Petty Officer Frederick Stubbs. Stoker (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman William Carles Terry (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman, Albert Edward Waite (d. 21 June 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class Clarence Wells (d. 21 June 1940)
- Petty Officer Thomas Welsh (d. 21 June 1940)
- Stoker 1st Class Fred Williams (d. 21 June 1940)
- Surgeon Lieutenant Frank Hanson Williams (d. 21 June 1940)
- Lieutenant John Wilkinson (d. 21 June 1940)
- Able Seaman George Henry Wood (d. 21 June 1940)
- Commander Eric Langton Woodhall (d. 21 June 1940)
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