HM TRAWLER SAPPHIRE ON EAST COAST CONVOY. 18 TO 21 JUNE 1943, IN THE NORTH SEA. HM TRAWLER SAPPHIRE IS A FREQUENT ESCORT OF EAST COAST CONVOYS. WITH ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS ALL HER OFFICERS AND MEN ARE IN THE NAVY FOR THE DURATION OF THE HOSTILITIES ONLY AND HAVE COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. - The second Engineer, G Watkins of Wombwell, Yorks, in civil life, a colliery worker, at work on the cylinder tops aboard the SAPPHIRE


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