"CAPTAIN" SCOTT - THE SON ATTACKS GERMAN ARMED TRAWLERS. 16 APRIL 1943, NEW HAVEN, LIEUT COMMANDER PETER MARKHAM SCOTT, MBE, RNVR, ARTIST SON OF CAPTAIN SCOTT THE ARCTIC EXPLORER, WAS IN COMMAND OF ONE OF THE THREE SHIPS OF LIGHT COASTAL FORCES, WHICH, NEAR LE HAVRE ON THE NIGHT OF 15 APRIL 1943, SIGHTED THREE GERMAN ARMED TRAWLERS. HE CLOSED IN AND AS HIS 1ST LIEUTENANT, LIEUT H G BROWN, RNVR SAID "WE JUST SAILED IN AND LET THEM HAVE ALL WE'D GOT". EVENTUALLY BREAKING AWAY THEY LOST SIGHT OF THE ENEMY. HALF AN HOUR LATER, THEY ONCE MORE CONTACTED THEM AND ENGAGED THE LEADING ARMED SHIP WITH C
"CAPTAIN" SCOTT - THE SON ATTACKS GERMAN ARMED TRAWLERS. 16 APRIL 1943, NEW HAVEN, LIEUT COMMANDER PETER MARKHAM SCOTT, MBE, RNVR, ARTIST SON OF CAPTAIN SCOTT THE ARCTIC EXPLORER, WAS IN COMMAND OF ONE OF THE THREE SHIPS OF LIGHT COASTAL FORCES, WHICH, NEAR LE HAVRE ON THE NIGHT OF 15 APRIL 1943, SIGHTED THREE GERMAN ARMED TRAWLERS. HE CLOSED IN AND AS HIS 1ST LIEUTENANT, LIEUT H G BROWN, RNVR SAID "WE JUST SAILED IN AND LET THEM HAVE ALL WE'D GOT". EVENTUALLY BREAKING AWAY THEY LOST SIGHT OF THE ENEMY. HALF AN HOUR LATER, THEY ONCE MORE CONTACTED THEM AND ENGAGED THE LEADING ARMED SHIP WITH CONCENTRATED FIRE. DURING THE BATTLE, WHICH LASTED 35 MINUTES, TWO OF THE ENEMY "BOLTED" AND LEFT THEIR LEADER WHO HAD HER GUNS SILENCED, AND HER DECKS LITERALLY CLEARED OF PERSONNEL. IT IS ESTIMATED VERY CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, AND CASUALTIES TO THE ENEMY WERE CAUSED. - Lieut Commander Scott on the bridge of his ship, immediately on his arrival back in harbour after the action
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