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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 52

A Great War 1917 'North Sea Convoy Escort' D.S.M. to Officer's Steward Second Class C.A. Mahoney, Royal Navy
Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (L.4842. C.A. Mahoney. Off. Std. 2Cl. H.M.S. Pellew. North. Sea. 12. Dec. 1917.), edge bruising, very fine

D.S.M. London Gazette 22.2.1918 Off. Std., 2nd Cl., Cornelius Andrew Mahoney, O.N. L4842 (Po.).

On 11.12.1917 the destroyers H.M.S. Pellew and Partridge were employed as escort for a convoy to Norway. The convoy comprised of 6 merchant ships and 4 armed trawlers. Having set off from Lerwick on the 11th, they were attacked the following day by four German vessels of the 2nd Torpedo Boat Force. The two destroyers were outgunned, and outmanoeuvred, and the entire convoy with the exception of H.M.S. Pellew was sunk during the action.

Pellew suffered severe engine room damage and had only one torpedo tube working at the end of the action. Despite her almost crippled state she managed to effect her escape. She suffered 3 killed and several wounded.

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£480