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Four: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class L. H. Doran Royal Navy, who was killed in action in th...
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Four: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class L. H. Doran Royal Navy, who was killed in action in the submarine H.M.S. P-33, when she was sunk by a depth charge on 20 August 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Laurence Hugh Dolan was born in Barry, Glamorganshire, on 7 June 1907 and attested for the Royal Naval Reserve, serving during the Second World War in the U-class submarine H.M.S. P-33. Attached to the 10th Submarine Flotilla based at Malta, on 15 July 1941, she sunk the 5,300 ton motor-vessel Barbarigo south of Punta Sciaccazza, Pantelleria, part of a small Italian convoy. The submarine departed on her final patrol on 6 August 1941 from Malta to patrol off Sicily to intercept an Italian convoy heading towards Libya. Her sister boat P-32, which was attacking the same convoy along with H.M.S. Unique, reported hearing a prolonged depth charge attack on 18 August and subsequently attempted unsuccessfully to contact P-33. P-32 was herself sunk later that day. P-33 became overdue on 20 August, having almost certainly been sunk during this attack. Dolan is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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Four: Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class L. H. Doran Royal Navy, who was killed in action in the submarine H.M.S. P-33, when she was sunk by a depth charge on 20 August 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Laurence Hugh Dolan was born in Barry, Glamorganshire, on 7 June 1907 and attested for the Royal Naval Reserve, serving during the Second World War in the U-class submarine H.M.S. P-33. Attached to the 10th Submarine Flotilla based at Malta, on 15 July 1941, she sunk the 5,300 ton motor-vessel Barbarigo south of Punta Sciaccazza, Pantelleria, part of a small Italian convoy. The submarine departed on her final patrol on 6 August 1941 from Malta to patrol off Sicily to intercept an Italian convoy heading towards Libya. Her sister boat P-32, which was attacking the same convoy along with H.M.S. Unique, reported hearing a prolonged depth charge attack on 18 August and subsequently attempted unsuccessfully to contact P-33. P-32 was herself sunk later that day. P-33 became overdue on 20 August, having almost certainly been sunk during this attack. Dolan is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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