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ww2dbaseEver since his school days in the United Kingdom, Hugh Martyr had been interested in history, particularly naval history. His interest in history later expanded to cover the American Civil War and the German V-weapons campaign against London. He is also an re-enactor and organizer of major re-enactment events, including the 200th anniversary of Waterloo event where over 8,000 were on the field. He joined the WW2DB team in 2018.

Photographs/Maps Contributions

Timeline Contributions

Hugh Martyr has also contributed 865 entries in the WW2 Timeline. A small sample of his timeline contributions is shown below.

» 18 Aug 1942: 11 survivors in one of the three lifeboats from steam tanker Mirlo, lost to German submarine U-130 seven days prior, were picked up by HMS Banff (Y 43) in the Atlantic Ocean. Separately, 15 men in another boat were picked up by HMS Boreas (H 77) later on the same day.

» 1 Mar 1942: The 697-ton steamer Polgarth, owned by Polgarth S.S. Ltd of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, was on passage from Blyth, Northumberland, England, to Southampton, England with cargo of 865 tons of coal. When two miles off Aldeburgh Light Float, on the Suffolk coast, she struck a mine. After attempts to tow her failed the vessel foundered two hours later. All 16 crew were saved.

» 20 Feb 1940: Operation Normark was called off after the German fleet consisted of Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, and Admiral Hipper failed to spot any British convoys in the North Sea. The ships headed for Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

» 30 May 1940: The 291-ton German armed trawler V-1109 (ex-Antares, built 1929) sank after hitting a mine laid by the British submarine HMS Narwhal on 11 May 1940 off Bud, Norway. Eighteen men were rescued but seventeen were missing, including the Norwegian pilot.

» 2 Mar 1940: The British submarine HMS Rover (Lieutenant Commander H. A. L. Marsham, RN) departed Singapore for Hong Kong.

» 22 Jun 1944: The German schnellboot S-32 sank after a mine hit in the English Channel near Dungeness, southern England, United Kingdom.

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