HMS Wivern
Wivern remained on convoy and patrol duty in the North Sea until May 1940, the month in which her pennant number was changed to I66. On 10 May, as the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France began, she was ordered to join the destroyer HMS Wild Swan in Operation XD, consisting of demolition operations at Hook of Holland to prevent German forces from capturing important installations there intact. Accordingly, Wivern and Wild Swan went to Hook of Holland on 11 May, where Wivern took aboard the British diplomatic mission to the Netherlands for passage to Vlissingen. On 13 May, Wivern took part in Operation Ordnance, the evacuation of Allied personnel from Hook of Holland as German ground forces advanced through the Netherlands, suffering damage on 14 May during the operation. She then entered a dockyard in the United Kingdom for repairs.
31 men were killed or died of their wounds.
17 are missing since.
Name: Dunne, Alfred
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:35
No.D.SSX 12264
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Dennis and Ellen Dunne, of Scotstoun, Renfrewshire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 37-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland.
Name: Brown, Richard Stephen
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant
Age:21
No.
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Harold Sutton Brown and Margaret Brown, of Deganwy, Denbighshire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel: 44-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Finnerty, Thomas
Rank: Steward
Age:19
No.P/LX 22692
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of Thomas and Emma Jane Finnerty, of Smallshaw, Lancashire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 43-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Hamilton, Charles
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:22
No.P/JX 139840
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of William Francis and Mary Ellen Hamilton, of Hartlepool, Co. Durham.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 38-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Maynard, Walter
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Cook
Age:42
No.P/M 16148
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of Henry and Lucy Maynard; husband of Violet Maynard, of Portchester, Hampshire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 43-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Quarrel, Alfred Frank
Rank: Leading Cook
Age:35
No.P/L 14554
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of Alfred White Quarrel and Edith Gertrude Quarrel; husband of Lily May Quarrel, of Corscombe, Dorsetshire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel: 43-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Airey, Arthur
Rank: Engine Room Articifer 4th
Age:23
No.P/MX 61505
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of James Henry and Lily Airey, of Rawtenstall, Lancashire.
Portsmouth Memorial 41-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Backshall, Frederick
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:23
No.P/SD/X 1328
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of James Henry and Lily Airey, of Rawtenstall, Lancashire.
Portsmouth Memorial 44-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Greenwood, John
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Age:
No.P/SXX 32192
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin:
Portsmouth Memorial 39-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Herridge, Thomas Henry
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:32
No.P/JX 133933
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Thomas Henry and Catherine Herridge; husband of Beatrice Herridge, of Reading, Berkshire.
Portsmouth Memorial 38-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Meaden, Frederick
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:
No.P/J 115219
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin
Portsmouth Memorial 39-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Smith, Leslie
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:22
No.P/SSX 29930
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin: Son of Catherine Smith, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
Portsmouth Memorial 39-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Briggs, Kenneth Theodore
Rank: Midshipman
Age:19
No.
Missing since: 15-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Charles H. and Edith Okell Briggs, of Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire.
Portsmouth Memorial 44-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Boynton, Stanley
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:48
No.P/SSX 31567
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of George and Fedora Alice Boynton, of Hull.
Portsmouth Memorial 38-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Gray, Joseph
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Age:38
No.P/SS/120823
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Robert and Mary Ann Gray; husband of Gertrude Gray, of Horden, Co. Durham.
Portsmouth Memorial 39-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: McLean, Murdo
Rank: Seaman
Age:25
No.P/X 19703A
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin:Son of Finlay and Jessie Maclean, of Islivig, Isle of Lewis.
Portsmouth Memorial 44-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.
Name: Moore, Francis Joseph
Rank: Petty Officer Steward
Age:46
No.P/L 3630
Missing since: 14-05-1940
Next of Kin:Husband of Elsie May Moore, of Southsea, Hampshire.
Portsmouth Memorial 43-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed on board near Hoek van Holland, buried at Sea.