Eric Arthur Divers OBE, RNR
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| Ranks
Retired: 2 Feb 1959 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Eric Arthur Divers, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Northern Reward (4.85) | Lt.Cdr. | ASW Trawler | 19 Jun 1940 | 1 Oct 1940 |
| HMS Registan (F 106) | A/Cdr. | Ocean boarding vessel | 28 Nov 1940 | mid 1941 |
| HMS Largs (F 43) | A/Cdr. | Ocean boarding vessel | 24 Jun 1941 | 25 Sep 1943 |
| HMS Glengyle (4.196) | A/Capt. | Landing Ship Infantry | 12 Jan 1944 | 28 Jun 1945 |
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Ocean boarding vessel HMS Registan (F 106)
27 May 1941
On 27 May 1941, HMS Registan (A/Cdr. Eric Arthur Divers, RNR) was bombed by German aircraft off Cape Cornwall. The ship caught fire and 63 crew members were lost. The survivors were rescued by HMS Wivern (Cdr. M.D.C. Meyrick, RN), HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. R.L.S. Gaisford, RN) and HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) and landed at Milford Haven. The badly damaged ship was towed to Falmouth by the British tug Goliath, where she was rebuilt to a merchant and was returned to the owner in November 1941.
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