WW2 Atlantic Submarine Casualty Killed in Action 27th April 1940 on H.M.S. Sterlet.
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Description WW2 Atlantic Submarine Casualty Killed in Action 27th April 1940 on H.M.S. Sterlet. 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; 1939-45 war Medal; Box of issue (details have been removed) Original TelegramNotifying his wife of his death; 2 official letters regarding his death dated 30th April and 23rd May 1940; Original marriage certificate; Original photograph. Engin Room Artificer C/MX.47755 Norman Wilfred Mercer was born in Portsmouth, Hants on the 26th August 1913. He served from the 29th July 1929, serving on HMS Fishguard, Sussex, Pembroke 2, Dolphin (H33), and Sterlet,, being discharged dead on 27th April 1940 At the onset of the Second World War, Sterlet was a member of the 2nd Submarine Flotilla. From 23–26 August 1939 the 2nd Submarine Flotilla transferred to its war bases at Dundee and Blyth. On 8 April 1940 Sterlet left for a patrol in the Skagerrak, off Norway under the command of Lt. Gerard Henry Stacpoole Haward. Four days later she unsuccessfully attacked a convoy of three merchant ships and a destroyer. The following day she was assigned a new patrol area and on 14 April torpedoed the German gunnery training ship Brummer, leading to her sinking the following day. She was possibly sunk by the German anti-submarine trawlers UJ-125, UJ-126 and UJ-128 on 18 April. Condition – NEF
