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Royal Naval Covers Series three No 46

90 special covers issued

Dated 14 August 1996

Commemorating The Loss of HMS Saracen 14th August 1943 , off Bastia , Corsica

Signed by  —  Captain M G R Lumby, DSO DSC RN, as Lieutenant was Commanding Officer of HMS Saracen

Commander J Craven DSC RN was First Lieutenant of HMS Saracen at the time.

K F Hutchings, DSM, was an ERA at the time, escaped from POW camp, later worked with Gurhas

J A Sheldon an Able Seaman on board HMS Saracen at the time of the loss, mentioned in Despatches.

A Melling an Able Seaman on board HMS Saracen at the time of the loss,

ALL WERE PRISONERS OF WAR