On the 25 January 1942 in a blizzard the Naval Armaments Vessel Isleford ran aground in Wick Bay, Scotland and was lost. The entire crew of fourteen plus one DEMS Gunner were all drowned.
NAV Isleford was one of the predecessors of the RFA’s Ammunition ships of the 1950’s to the 1980’s.
On Merchant Navy Day 4 September 2011 the Caithness Branch of the Merchant Navy Association unveiled a memorial to those lost on the Isleford and her crew after a service in the town’s kirk.
On the 25 January 1942 in a blizzard the Naval Armaments Vessel Isleford ran aground in Wick Bay, Scotland and was lost. The entire crew of fourteen plus one DEMS Gunner were all drowned.
NAV Isleford was one of the predecessors of the RFA’s Ammunition ships of the 1950’s to the 1980’s.
On Merchant Navy Day 4 September 2011 the Caithness Branch of the Merchant Navy Association unveiled a memorial to those lost on the Isleford and her crew after a service in the town’s kirk.
Commodore William Walworth OBE RFA and the RFA Service were represented at the ceremony by Captain Duncan Lamb RFA who laid a wreath on the Memorial in memory of those lost.
Miss Margaret A G Dunnett, Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of the County of Caithness,
Captain Duncan Lamb RFA and Mr Jock Bissett MNA member from WIck
The grave of only one of her crew has been traced to a cemetery in Perth. The DEMS Gunner is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial and the crew are all remembered with pride on the Tower Hill Memorial.