Posted: 27 November 2009 at 22:32 | IP Logged

Not sure if this is the right forum to post them, but he was in submarines pre-WW2, enlisting in 1929.

I've acquired his photo album, from his time serving on the China Station.

Here's a few interesting photos.

The ill-fated HMS Poseidon, sank after a collision with a steamer on July 9th 1931. Subsequently the wreck was salvaged by the Chinese in the 1970s, that's only been revealed recently.

The Poseidon. A postcard sold to raise funds for the dependants of the crew, it was lost with all hands.
On the back is written.
"I paid 10/- for this card the proceeds go to the dependants of those who lost their lives"
10 Shillings was a lot of money in the 1930s.

My Grandfather (With pipe) inside HMS Perseus.
The Perseus sank in December 1941, after striking a mine in the Ionian Sea.

P-class submarines moored alongside their depot ship, I believe that this is HMS Medway, sunk by  U 372 on the 30th June 1942.