Hell Ships

Lisbon Maru

 

This Page Is Dedicated To

D/KX 91967

Stoker 1st Class

Hammond, Frank

 

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Tamar

 

Japanese POW

Being transported from  from Hong Kong to Shanghai in the Lisbon Maru

Hold

One

 

Died

Age

27

Date of Death

1942/10/02

Place of Death

Lisbon Maru - 6 miles from Tung Fusham Island, off the China coast, 29°57'N, 122°56'E.

Nationality

United Kingdom

 

Loved Ones

Son of Thomas and Ruth Hammond; husband of Florence Beatrice Hammond, of Darlaston, Staffordshire

 

Memorial

Panel 70, Column 1.

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

 

The Lisbon Maru left Hong Kong, 1942/09/27 for Shanghai with 1816 prisoners on board. Attacked and sunk by USS Grouper (American submarine).

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''Our Thanks are for being a Chapter in Life.”

 

 

 

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