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Which destroyer called at Myloi: Nubian or Havock?

26 April 1941 – 27 April 1941 Disputed

One version, followed until now on this website, says that HMS Nubian called at 'Myli' in the night of 26 to 27 April 1941 to collect General Wilson and found him already gone. The official despatch in the London Gazette says instead that HMS Havock was detailed to embark the general's staff 'at Myli opposite Nauplia' and took Baillie-Grohman's party off the caique; according to the same despatch Nubian was elsewhere that night. Possibly different ships were sent for different groups.

Note: Not yet resolved: the log of HMS Havock for 1941 does not survive in ADM 53; the Nubian version still needs a primary source.

Read the full story: 1941, war in Greece: Myloi from above

Where
The pier and harbour
Who
Henry Maitland Wilson, Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman
Threads
War and occupation, Harbour and pier
Certainty
Disputed sources disagree; both versions shown

Sources

  • Visit Myloi, '1941, war in Greece: Myloi from above' Open
  • Supplement to the London Gazette no. 38293, 19 May 1948: despatch of Admiral A. B. Cunningham with the report of Rear-Admiral H. T. Baillie-Grohman, Cunningham par. 15; Baillie-Grohman par. 35 Open
  • W. G. McClymont, To Greece (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War), Wellington 1959, p. 426 Open
  • A. Heckstall-Smith and H. T. Baillie-Grohman, Greek Tragedy 1941, London: Anthony Blond 1961, pp. 126–127, 157–159 Open

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