Showing posts with label HMS Tigris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HMS Tigris. Show all posts

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Newbury remembers the sinking of HMS Tigris 68 years on


A service is to be held at a Newbury Church for the town's adopted submarine and its crew, sunk by a German submarine chaser in 1943.
The service which will take place this Sunday at St Nicholas church is held every year in the same month that HMS Tigris sank with all 63 crew on board.
The memorial event attracts up to 100 people a year, including relatives of the 63 crew members.
Newbury adopted the Tigris as part of a national scheme.
Towns all over the UK adopted ships and submarines to raise money for the Navy during World War II.
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