(retired) Laurence Bernard Hill, DSO, OBE, RN (retired) Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford, RNĬapt. Please note that we're still working on this sectionĪnd that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.Ī/Capt. The wreck was refloated postwar and towed to Italy for scrapping, beginning in May 1951. On 13 February, while under salvage, Pozarica suddenly capsized and settled on the bottom.

Avon Vale, hit 2110 hrs in 37.01 N, 04.44 E, was forced to run herself aground with the bows totally wrecked, while Pozarica hit at the stern 1945 hrs in 37.04 N, 04.36 E, managed to reach Bougie roads. Off Bougie, the convoy was attacked by 2 squadrons of torpedo planes, one made up by 13 German a/c (10 He.111 and 3 Ju.88 from I and III/KG.26), the other consisting of 8 Italian S.79 from the 105th, 130th and 132nd Groups.Ģ of the escorts, destroyer Avon Vale and Flakship Pozarica were hit by, respectively, the German and by the Italian planes. (retired) Laurence Bernard Hill, DSO, OBE, RN) was escorting coastal convoy TF.14, running between Algerian ports.

In the afternoon of 29 January 1943, HMS Pozarica (Capt. In August 1940 Pozarica was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and converted to Anti-Aircraft ship.

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