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Stanley Fredrick Rudling

RN. British

Born  22 Mar 1907Portsmouth
Died  21 Sep 1993(86)Portsmouth

Roster information listed for Stanley Fredrick Rudling


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
HMS Vervain (K 190)CorvettePetty Officer20 Feb 1945U-1276 (1)

Personal information

Stanley Fredrick Rudling later described the sinking of HMS Vervain as follows: I was laying on my bunk making out a list of seamen to take to the bridge for compass and helm, when a hell of a lot of water came down the hatchway, going up on top there was about two thirds of the ship under water. I got the Carley floats over telling all unwanted hands to get over the side, sent a leading hand to check the depth charges to see if there were any settings on them then told him to go. A young officer arrived with a badly cut face and said we were to abandon ship. I told him I had already given the order not knowing if any officers were still alive, in the meantime he should get on a Carley float and not to worry about being the last on the ship. So we were left - me the coxswain and ordinary seaman Owen, who was a non swimmer - we put on a cork belt over his and off we went to the last Carly float. As the corvette sank I was hoping the depth charges was set safe, but they did not go off. We were picked up first because the rescue ship came up on our side.

Sources

  1. Personal communication

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