- Contributed by听
- 大象传媒 Learning Centre Gloucester
- People in story:听
- Harry Wright
- Location of story:听
- Arctic
- Background to story:听
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:听
- A8003233
- Contributed on:听
- 23 December 2005
A near-miss on HMS Kent taken from a US destroyer
This picture has been contributed to the People鈥檚 War by the 大象传媒 Learning Centre on behalf of Harry Wright鈥檚 son John, with his permission.
Harry Wright was a petty officer on HMS Kent, a county class cruiser in the Russian convoys. HMS Kent joined the Fleet in Scapa in October 1943. From then until 1944 she patrolled the Northern approaches to the Atlantic and escorted more than 18 convoys to Russia.
This picture is from Harry Wright鈥檚 personal collection taken while he was on board HMS Kent.
His son John says: T"his is an American destroyer you can see in the foreground and it鈥檚 taken a picture of HMS Kent and there鈥檚 a shell exploding just off the port stern there.
"If that had been a bit closer maybe I wouldn鈥檛 be here to tell this story!"
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