Able Seaman D/JX 176236 John Dale HARRIS.
Royal Navy H.M.S. Rajputana (F35).
13 Apr 1941 aged 22.
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Panel 47, Column 2.
Son of John and Beatrice Harris, of Stockport, Cheshire.
At 07:43 on 13 Apr 1941, Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Rajputana (Capt F.H. Taylor, DSC) an Armed Merchant Cruiser, was hit by a torpedo from Type IXB U-108 (Korvettenkapitän Klaus Scholtz) west of Reykjavik. She had been the ship of convoy commodore Cdr C.T.O. Richardson, RNR in convoy HX-117 but was then dispatched to patrol the Strait of Denmark. Five officers and 37 ratings were lost. 283 survivors were picked up by H.M.S.Legion and landed at Reykjavik.
H.M.S.Rajputana (photo from Uboat.net)
