H.M.S. Phoebe Association
This page gives access to the photographs owned by the Association, or loaned to us to display on this web site, and stories from our members.
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More than 50 Allied ships were engaged in the evacuation of allied troops from Crete in May 1941. Vic Chanter lists the number killed and wounded in
A letter from a serving member of the cruiser, to his mother, following the second torpedo attack off Ponte Noire in French Equatorial Africa in 1942.
Vic Chanter, one of the founder members of the Association, recalls his memories of the cruiser from the time she was in a Glasgow ship-building yard in
Sylvester McDonald was a medic aboard the cruiser from 1940 until after the ship visited Brooklyn, America to undergo repairs following the first torpedo
These are the recollections of Marine Edward Holdford from the time of the 1942 torpedo attack off Ponte Noire. (thanks go to his son Tony for this
En Route to Brooklyn
This is a copy of the letter sent to the Daily Mail’s ‘Every Picture tells a Story’ by member Jim Hutchison.
1943
These are the recollections of one of our members, Albert Hoyle, who served as a signalman on the cruiser. He recalls his memories of the
Bernard Mouzer OBE RVM served for the whole of the 1948/51 commission. This is Bernard’s story of when the Phoebe became cock of the
In 1973 the frigate Phoebe took on the starring role in a BBC television series ‘Warship’ in which she became H.M.S. Hero. This is that story as told
You Shouldn’t Join If You Can’t Take a Joke
This is the title of a book written by one of our founder members, Ken Kent. It is published by Avon Books and the ISBN is 1
