Ivor Maskell
Telegraphist in an Escort Sloop H.M.S. WILD GOOSE
Senior Officer
Capt. John Walker
Cmdr D.E.G Wemyss
Length 283 ft.
Tonnage 3000
Armaments3 twin 4” guns,
6 twin Oerlikons,
High Explosive Depth Charges
Detecting Equipment ASDIC,
H.F.Direction Finder,
Radar
Built at Yarrow Yard Glasgow 1942.
Flat bottom (when in dry dock, nicknamed the “Pregnant Duck”)
Wild Goose was one of six Bird Class Sloops, which combined became the 2nd Escort Group. Based in Liverpool, H.Q. Western Approaches. Twice went on Russian convoys from Scapa Flow to Murmansk (Kola Bay).
During the 4 years, 21 U-Boats were sunk by the Group
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