Propose Speedy should
relieve SEAGULL at Liverpool for duty in connection with the salvage
of Thetis on 21/6, SEAGULL subsequently proceeding to Bristol to the
command of 1st MSF for the remainder of the summer cruise
3.6.39
Birkenhead
20.6.39
Arrived at scene of
Thetis salvage operations
Memorial Service on HMS
Hebe for HM Submarine Thetis (taken from HMS Seagull)
The 7th June was the occasion of the Memorial service at Sea. The
cortège was led from the Mersey, over the 38 miles that Thetis had
covered on her last voyage, by the minesweeper HMS Hebe. Most of the
relatives and those intimately concerned with the lost submarine were
standing on the open deck. before she reached the last resting place
of Thetis, Hebe had been joined by a congregation of salvage vessels,
lifeboats and miscellaneous light craft.
Source:
CET Warren & J Benson - The Admiralty Regrets
Leading Stoker Walter
Arnold, one of the four survivors from Thetis, leans on the stern rail
as wreaths are dropped from the stern of Hebe (photo taken from
Seagull)
The 7th June was the occasion of the Memorial service at Sea. The
cortège was led from the Mersey, over the 38 miles that Thetis had
covered on her last voyage, by the minesweeper HMS Hebe. Most of the
relatives and those intimately concerned with the lost submarine were
standing on the open deck. before she reached the last resting place
of Thetis, Hebe had been joined by a congregation of salvage vessels,
lifeboats and miscellaneous light craft.
