Vessel Loss

Memorial: M2788

Memorial at Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay commemorating Frank Nevin d. 1940 in the loss of HMS ‘Transylvania’

Location

Kilchattan Cemetery, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Transcript

'F. NEVIN / TRIMMER NAP (MN) / H.M.S. TRANSYLVANIA / 10th AUGUST 1940 AGE 32 / MAY HE REST IN PEACE'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Transylvania

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Nevin, Frank
Age: 32
Date of Death: 10/8/1940
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Trimmer
Organisation: Merchant Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Transylvania' torpedoed by 'U-56' on 10 August 1940 and sank subsequently while under tow.
Recorder: Kevin Byrne 1996

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