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- Marr, Hamish Brown Maclaurin
Acting Sub-Lieutenant Marr, R.N.V.R. (Clyde Division), was born on 29th March 1920, and at Loretto from September 1933 to July 1938. He was Head of School, in the VI Form, XV, Boxing and Athletics Teams and Fives Couples, editor of the Lorettonian, a Prizeman and a Sergeant in the O.T.C.
After joining the R.N.V.R. he served for some time at Scapa, where his ship was engaged in examining neutral vessels entering the area. He was then sent south, and on 1st June 1940 lost his life in the sinking of H.M.S. Grive, off Dunkirk, just after she had reached the French coast from Dover.
The Lorettonian Society.
https://ol.loretto.com/frmProfile.aspx?A=__103
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In Memory of
HAMISH BROWN MACLAURIN MARR
Sub-Lieutenant. H.M.S. Grive, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
who died on Saturday, 1st June 1940. Age 20.
Additional Information: Son of William Harrower Marr and Isobel MacLean Marr. of Glasgow.
Commemorative Information
Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United Kingdom
Grave Reference
Panel Number: 40, 2.
Location: The Memorial overlooks the town of Chatham and is approached by a steep path from the Town Hall Gardens.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Sub-Lieutenant Hamish Brown Maclaurin Marr
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14375969/hamish-brown_maclaurin-marr
BIRTH unknown
DEATH 1 Jun 1940
BURIAL Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England
PLOT 40 2.
MEMORIAL ID 14375969 ·
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Grive.
Son of William Harrower Marr and Isobel MacLean Marr. of Glasgow.
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HMS GRIVE
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?147
general
nationality: british
purpose: transport
type: schooner (ex-yacht)
propulsion: motor vessel (diesel)
date built: 1904
status: live
details
tonnage: 816 grt
dimensions: 67.9 x 8.4 x 4.7 m
engine: 2 x Sulzer diesels, dual shaft, 2 screws
speed: 22.5 knots
yard no.: 437
about the loss:
cause lost: air raid
other reasons: mine
date lost: 01/06/1940 [dd/mm/yyyy]
casualties: † max.25 rank: 693
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Last owner:
[1] British Royal Navy - Admiralty - RN, London. HMS Grive [+1940]. period 1939 ~ 1940
Prev. owners:
[2] Liddell, Oswald C., Southampton (UK). MV Narcissus. period 1927 ~ 1940
[3] Embricos Brothers, Athens. SS Narcissus. period 1919 ~ 1927
[4] British Royal Navy - Admiralty - RN, London. HMS SS Narcissus II. period 1915 ~ 1919
[5] Miller Mundy, E., Derby. SS Narcissus. period 1904 ~ 1915
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Siert Ingo 04/02/2012
Narcissus
copyrights: McQuaid, John Ward
ref. used: Cameron, Stuart, clydesite (co.uk)
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History
Siert Ingo 04/02/2012
HMS GRIVE (formerly NARCISSUS) sank after been damaged by an air raid on Dunkerque harbour on May 31st of 1940 the next morning by striking a mine. She was one of the vessels which were involved in the evacuation of Dunkerque in the Second World War. According sources, her captain and 24 other people of her crew lost their lives on her. She had already served in the First World War under British Services and damaged a the German submarine UB-49 under command of Kapitän Hans von Mellenthin.
ref. used: Cameron, Stuart, clydesite (co.uk)
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Jan Lettens 01/06/2015
Grive, ex-Narcissus was built by Fairchild Ship & Engineering Co. in Glasgow in 1905. She was a screw schooner, 816 tons, 222.7x27.7x15.4 ft
Captain. The Hon. Lionel John Olive Lambert (age 67), Captain, RN. D S O
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People on board HMS GRIVE
1. ADAMS, ALFRED GEORGE (19), Radio Officer, HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Son of Archibald George and Florence Helen Adams, of Elham, Kent, Memorial: De Panne Communal Cemetery
2. ANDERSON, WILLIAM JOHN (37), Second Engineer, HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
3. BALLS, HENRY CHARLES (38), Leading Seaman (no. C/J 113574), HMS Grive, Royal Navy, †01/06/1940, Son of George R. and Lucy Balls; husband of Rosa Balls, of Lowestoft, Suffolk, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
4. BODLE, HERBERT GEORGE (62), Chief Cook (no. 341935), HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Son of George and Fanny Bodle; husband of Violet May Bodle, of Swaythling, Hampshire, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
5. BRANWELL, MICHAEL REEVE (29), Leutnant, HMS Grive, Royal Navy, †01/06/1940, Son of Auckland and Anita Branwell, of Putney Heath, London, Memorial: Marquise Communal Cemetery
6. COOKE, JOHN KENNETH (30), Seaman, HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Son of Joseph William and Gladys Pearl Cooke, of Rock Ferry, Cheshire, Memorial: De Panne Communal Cemetery]
7. COOMBER, SYDNEY JOHN (40), Able Seaman (no. C/SS 8831), HMS Grive, Royal Navy, †01/06/1940, Son of John Sydney and Alice Emma Coomber; husband of Gladys Amelia Sarah Coomber, of Lanes End, Kent, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
8. FARROW, EDWARD JOHN AUGUST (33), Telegraphist (no. P/WRX 1230), HMS Grive, Royal Naval Volunteer, †01/06/1940, Son of Henry John Thomas Farrow and Margaretta Henrietta Farrow; husband of Gladys Farrow, of Patcham, Sussex, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
9. FROST, FREDERICK (21), Chief Cook, HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
10. GRAHAM, THOMAS (58), Lieutenant (E), HMS Grive, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/06/1940, Son of Andrew and Margaret Graham; husband of Ellen Graham, of Shirley, Southampton, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
11. HALL, JAMES WESLEY (33), Third Engineer Officer (no. 56362), HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
12. HANN, REGINALD LESLIE (40), 2nd Steward, HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
13. HARRIS, WILLIAM , Ordinary Seaman (no. P/JX 177786), HMS Grive, Royal Navy, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
14. HODGSON, JOHN ELLWOOD (24), Ordinary Seaman (no. P/JX 178179), HMS Grive, Royal Navy, †01/06/1940, Son of William and Mary Ann Hodgson, of Lancaster, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
15. HORNBY, STANLEY ARTHUR (20), Signalman (no. P/LD/X 3308), HMS Grive, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †01/06/1940, Son of Percy and Ethel Margaret Hornby, of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
16. HUGHES, THOMAS EDWARD (25), Seaman (no. 40064), HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Son of James and Jane Elizabeth Hughes, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
17. LAMBART, THE HON. LIONEL JOHN OLIVE (67), Captain, D S O, HMS Grive, Royal Navy, †01/06/1940, Son of Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, 9th Earl of Cavan, and Mary, Countess of Cavan; husband of Adelaide Douglas Lambart, of Sherston, Wiltshire, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
18. LEACH, WILLIAM ROBERT HERBERT , Greaser (no. 905781), HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
19. LEAVEY, ALFRED STANLEY (27), Greaser (no. 59740), HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
20. MACKENZIE, MURDO ANTHONY (41), Chief Steward (no. 45789), HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
21. MARR, HAMISH BROWN MACLAURIN (20), Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Grive, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †01/06/1940, Son of William Harrower Marr and Isobel MacLean Marr. of Glasgow, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
22. METCALF, FREDERICK CHARLES (27), Pantryman (no. 98584), HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Son of George and Harriet Metcalf; husband of Constance F. Metcalf, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
23. MURPHY, JAMES , Greaser, HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval MemorialUIKeyInputEnd
24. WELLSTEAD, HENRY CYRIL GEORGE (30), Pantryman (no. 43040), HMS Grive, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, †01/06/1940, Memorial: Liverpool Naval Memorial
ref. used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Cwgc
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The Wreck today
Jan Lettens 06/08/2007
En limite sud du chenal, très proche de la côte et de la bouée DW27, la visibilité y est souvent réduite, ce qui fait que cette épave n'est pas très visitée. Dommage car je pense qu'il reste beaucoup à découvrir sur son compte. Le nom de ce navire est quasiment confirmé par les pièces de vaisselles aperçues sur l'épave et gravées au nom de l'ancien baptême: ''Narcissius''. Cependant, le nom du ''Voilier'' lui a souvent été attribué vu la forme de sa coque. Le croquis suivant est très sommaire je l'avoue. Il reprend les points que j'ai pu noter lors de mes quelques plongées sur cette épave: 2 hélices et un gouvernail dans une souille très sombre, un canon sur le pont arrière, une cassure au milieu, et une ancre posée sur le sable à l'avant.
ref. used: Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?147
Google translate
The Wreck today Jan Lettens 06/08/2007 At the southern limit of the channel, very close to the coast and to the DW27 buoy, visibility is often reduced, which means that this wreck is not very visited. Too bad because I think there is still a lot to discover on its account. The name of this ship is almost confirmed by the pieces of dishes seen on the wreck and engraved with the name of the old baptism: "Narcissius". However, the name of the '' Sailboat '' has often been attributed to it due to the shape of its hull. The following sketch is very summary I admit. It takes up the points that I was able to note during my few dives on this wreck: 2 propellers and a rudder in a very dark dirt, a cannon on the aft deck, a break in the middle, and an anchor placed on the sand at the front.
ref. used: Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?147...
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about the wreck
depth (m.): 24 max. / 7.2 min. (m)
orientation: 45°
references: dkepaves.free.fr
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