Ships hit by U-boats

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HMS Whitaker (K 580)

British frigate



Photo courtesy of P. Phelps

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British frigate HMS Whitaker (K 580).

Aboard HMS Whitaker (K 580) when hit on 1 Nov 1944

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishArnold, William Robert, RN19Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishAshworth, George Sperry, RN29Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishBarnes, Cyril, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishBeaver, Stanley George, RN36Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishBiggs, James Emlyn, RN23Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishBland, Frederic Edmund, RN20TelegraphistHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishBlount, Edward Charles Walter, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishBradfield, Peter John, RN18CoderHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishBrown, Frank, RNEngine Room Artificer 5th ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishBrown, William, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishCaffrey, Edward John, RNTelegraphistHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishCarr, John Henderson, RN33Leading StokerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishClark, Michael Cyril, RNVR19Sub-LieutenantHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishCoats, John Mungall Leiper, RN19SignalmanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishCockbaine, Geoffrey Lloyd Crozier, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishCook, Lawrence, RN25Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishCooke, George Edmund, RN36Petty Officer TelegraphistHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishCubitt, Frederick Henry Albert, RN20Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishDakin, Samuel Charles, RN23Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishDark, Hubert Walter, RN21Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
IrishDaunt, Harold Richard, RN24Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishDavies, William Edward, RN26Chief Petty OfficerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishDean, James Law, RN26Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishDickinson, Frank, RN19SignalmanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishEast, Derrick Arthur, RN19Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishEdwards, Arthur, RN21SignalmanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishEdwards, Glynn Percy Watkin, RNLieutenantHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishEpsworth, George, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishFarley, Richard George, RN24Leading StokerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishFeeney, Reginald James Thomas, RN25Leading StokerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishFerguson, George Kenric Ross, RN41CoderHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishForbes, James Reid, RN19Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishForrest, Andrew Campbell, RNVR29Sub-LieutenantHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishFry, Jack David, RN27Chief Engine Room ArtificerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishGater, Daniel Henry, RN20Telegraphist (S)HMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishGeddis, Stanley, RN26Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishGibson, Kenneth Fiddies, RN19Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishGodfrey, Daniel Joseph, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishGwilt, Dennis, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishHarding, Eric Horace, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishHarrison, Hugh McLeod, RN19SignalmanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishHazell, Leslie Victor, RN26Petty OfficerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishHendly, Ernest James, RNPetty Officer StokerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishHill, Howard Rowland, RNTelegraphistHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishHosier, Donald Charles, RN19CoderHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishHunt, Stanley Charles, RN44Chief StokerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishJackson, John, RNLieutenantHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishJones, Thomas Henry, RN29Leading StokerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishKellie, Albert Henry, RN25Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishKing, Ronald Trevor, RN18SignalmanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishKingsley, Alan Brian, RN21Leading Radio MechanicHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishLeather, Thomas Henry, RNAble SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishLee, Desmond, RN21Ordinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishLees, Ronald Edward, RN20Engine Room Artificer 5th ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishLivermore, Douglas, RNAble SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishLongdon, Graham Henry, RN18Stoker 2nd ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishLow, John Anderson, RNRLieutenant (E)HMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishMachin, Harry Joseph, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
CanadianMacLachlan, Laughlan John, RCNVR25LieutenantHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishMain, Thomas Pringle, RNPetty OfficerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishMercer, Thomas, RN23Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishMilroy, Andrew, RN27Engine Room Artificer 3rd ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishMole, Reginald, RNAble SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishMoss, Stanley Arthur Harold, RN28Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishO'Connor, Edward Anthony, RN18Ordinary TelegraphistHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishO'Sullivan, Timothy Joseph, RN23Engine Room Artificer 4th ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishOldfield, William Alfred, RN21Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishPeachment, Geoffrey, RN18Ordinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishPhelps, Ben Gordon, RN25Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishPimblett, Frank, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishRicketts, William Wallace Hurst, RNVR29LieutenantHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishRiddett, John Wilfred, RNOrdinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishRoberts, Emrys, RN35Petty Officer StokerHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishRourke, David John, RN21Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishSchofield, Albert George, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
CanadianSchwarz, John Alan, RCNVR23LieutenantHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishSheen, George Henry, RN18StokerHMS Whitaker (K 580)
BritishSouthern, Robert Arthur, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishStanton, Francis James, RN20Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishStevens, Jack, RN20TelegraphistHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishThomas, Evan Ronald, RN19Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishThomas, Frederick Trevor, RNStoker 2nd ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishThorpe, Samuel, RN26Ordinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishToole, William, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishVerge, Frederick Sidney, RN19Ordinary SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishWaugh, Robert, RN20Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishWeeks, Stanley Roy, RN24Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishWhelan, Anthony, RN25Stoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishWhitley, John Thomas, RN19Able SeamanHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishWilliams, Llewellyn Emrys, RNStoker 1st ClassHMS Whitaker (K 580) +
BritishWood, Henry, RN22Crew memberHMS Whitaker (K 580)

91 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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