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[steveancc]

i'm new to this .i'm looking for help with my dads naval records from the war . he told us very little about his time in the navy and it has only been recently that i managed to obtain records . this has caused me all kinds of confusion .he seems to have moved around a lot seldom in 1 plaice for more than a couple of months . but all the "ships" he was on appear to be land based and there is frankly little or no information on them .so any help would be much appreciated.

HMS GANGES 7/12/42 TO 18/2/43
HMS PEMBROKE 19/2/43 TO 12/3/43
HMS ASSEGAI 13/3/43 TO 20/5/43
HMS SPHINX 21/5/43 TO28/7/43
HMS SAGITTA 29/7/43 TO 6/12/43
HMS SAGGITA 7/12/43 TO 7/9/44
HMS SPHINX 8/9/44 TO 8/9/44
HMS SAGGITA 10/9/44 TO 25/3/45
HMS CANOPUS 26/3/45 TO 26/3/45
HMSW SPHINX 27/3/45 TO 2/4/45
HMS PEMBROKE 3/4/45 TO 1/6/45
TRAVELLING 2/6/45 TO 4/6/45
HMS NIMROD 5/6/45 TO 11/8/45
HMS OSPREY 12/8/45 TO 2/9/45
DUTY 3/9/45 TO 3/9/45
HMS COCHRANE 4/9/45 TO 27/12/45
HMS PEMBROKE 28/12/45 TO 8/1/46
LENT BRAINTREE W.PARTY 9/1/46 TO 6/3/46
HMS PEMBROKE 7/3/46 TO 11/5/46 RELEASED TO SHORE

HE was trained as a ASDIC operator but that dose not appear on any paperwork .i know he was injured as he had a metal plate in his chest . but there is also no record of that either. He caught malaria but no record . hi record only shows 4 lines

ganges 7th dec 42 ord smn
TR 20 MAY 43 S161 ASSEGAI
AB 7 DEC S161 STAG
SD.11.8.45 S161 NIMROD

That's it no other information .for a service that records everything this is little to nothing ,so any help would be appreciated
thanks
steve

[McDinosaur]

I searched the Naval History Website using the search engine on the home page and found several entries for a vessel 'HMS Sagitta'. It appears to have been a naval sloop in service in the Med and Red Sea and was sent on active service. I also found an image of the vessel which could be your father's vessel. My father served on HMS Dido which mentioned alongside one extract relating to the Red Sea port of Massawa.
Entries found :
"SAGITTA (has been found spelt SARGETTA), hired yacht, Pendant No 01. Built 1908, 744grt/758TM. Armament: 2-12pdr, 1-6pdr AA. In service 5.12.14-15.2.18. May have served as wireless-equipped A/P Group Leader or in special yacht squadrons, at home or in Mediterranean. Battle Honour (and link to despatches, casualties, awards) Belgian Coast 1915. Served in WW2.
Royal Navy Auxiliary Patrol ships of World War 1, based on British Warships, 1914-1919 by Dittmar and Colledge
Red Sea Monday 20th July 1942
 
4. ARPHA and SAGITTA sailed for the Yemen coast to intercept German and Italian refugees who were due to leave Jedda on the 22nd July. This was a result of political pressure on Ibn Saud, who agreed that these internees could leave and that he would connive at out ships intercepting them inside territorial waters.
 
5. ROBERTS was moved from Suez to Abu Zenina anchorage for the protection of shipping waiting call up to Suez.
Red Sea  Monday 3rd August 1942
 
3. H.M.S. SAGITTA intercepted fourteen Italian escapees from the Yemen at Sherm Makar. No objection was raised by the local authorities to H.M.S. SAGITTA's presence in territorial waters.
Red Sea
 
13. DIDO was docked in the Admiralty Floating Dock at Massawa for repairs to her plates aft.
 
14. Nineteen Italian internees were intercepted by ARPHA and SAGITTA off the Yemen Coast south of Jedda."