In Memory Of

HAWKSWORTH, ARTHUR ST. GEORGE

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 H.M. Submarine Thorn.
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-08-11
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, likely sunk while attacking a convoy about 30 nautical miles south-west of Gavdos Island in position 34 25'N, 22 36'E. At 1255 hours one of the escorting Ju-88 aircraft was seen to machine-gun the surface of the sea about 5000 yards ahead of the convoy and the Italian torpedo boat Pegaso moved in to investigate. Four minutes after the aircraft attack, Pegaso picked up a contact and carried out seven depth charge attacks. At 1345 hours an enormous air bubble was seen, followed by a large oil slick. Pegaso was escorting the transport Istria (5441 GRT, built 1921) on passage from Benghazi to Piraeus. HMS Thorn was declared overdue on 11 August 1942 when she did not arrive at Beirut.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 71, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Hampshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Harold Edward and Lena Hilary Hawksworth. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial