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Alysse HMS 1941
The ALYSSE, ex Flower Class HMS ALYSSUM was built by George Brown at Greenock and was launched on May3rd 1941. She was on loan to the free french Navy from August 1941 and was sunk by U-654 in the West Atlantic on February 8th, 1942. St Pierre SG496
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Re: Alysse
Built under yard No 218 as a corvette by the yard of George Brown & Company, Greenock, Scotland for the Royal Navy.
24 June 1940 laid down.
Tuesday 04 March 1941 launched under the name HMS ALYSSUM (K100), one of the Flower class.
Displacement 941 ton standard, 1.170 ton full load. Dim. 62.70 x 10.90 x 4.30m. (draught).
Powered by quadruple expansion steam engine, 2.750hp. one screw, speed 16 knots.
Range, by 12 knots 3.450 mile.
Armament: 1 – 102mm AA, 1 – 42mm AA, 2 – 20mm guns. Carried 60 depth-charges.
Crew 70.
05 June 1941 on loan from the Royal Navy to the French Free Navy (FFN)
The same day commissioned and renamed ALYSSE (J1159), under command of Lieutenant Jacques Pepin Lehalleur.
17 June 1941 completed.
After a period of working up she was assigned as an escort between New Foundland and Iceland.
22 July 1941 sailed from the Clyde with a convoy to St John’s, New Foundland where the convoy arrived on 02 August.
12 August she sailed out again with convoy SC 40 to Hvalfjord where she arrived on the 24 August.
Made a call at Reykjavik on 30 August, and sailed from there on the 1st September bound for St John’s, where she arrived the 12th. The next day sails out again as escort of convoy SC 44 bound for Iceland.
23 September arrived at Hvalfjord, during the passage got gun contact with a German submarine on the 19th, dropt depth-charges after an asdic contact with unknown result.
26 September sailed from Reykjavik as escort with convoy ON 19 bound for St John’s.
During the passage on 01 October during a heavy storm the convoy is dispersed, then gathered, and without any accident arrived 09 October in St John’s.
19 October sailed from St John’s as escort for convoy SC 50, arrived Iceland 02 November.
Sailed 05 November from Reykjavik, then her movements that month get blurred, she is probably 17 November at Halifax, 23 November she is in St John’s where she takes on board two men.
27 November she must be off Iceland.
10 December 1941 placed under the direct orders of the French Admiral Muselier, and she joined the FFN MIMOSA and ACONIT.
The three FFN ships sailed to Halifax the same day at 16.00. During the voyage to Halifax she were delayed through bad weather and arrived there on 12 December at 19.30.
22 December the ALYSSE, MIMOSA, ACONIT and SURCOUF sailed at noon time from Halifax; they arrived 22 December in St Pierre and did go alongside the Coal Wharf that day at 08 am, the island surrenders without any resistance to the Free France Forces.
The same day at noon she sailed out again to Miquelon to take possession of the island, sailed out again on the same day at 17.00 hours, and she arrived 24 December at 17.30at Barachois, New Foundland.
26 December 1941 transferred together with the ACONIT to the New Foundland Escort Force. The Allies were not so happy with this independent operation of the Free French Forces to occupy St Pierre et Miquelon, and Admiral Muselier did not want to upset his allies more.
After bringing some reinforcing to the St Pierre garrison, she sailed from there on the 26 December and arrived the 27th at St John’s, New Foundland.
28 December 1941 she sailed as escort of convoy SC 62 bound for England, she returns at 31 December at St John’s for repair on her asdic equipment which takes 2 hours, then she joined convoy SC 62 again with the convoy she proceed to the River Clyde.
After arrival some new crewmembers embark at Greenock.
26 January 1942 she sailed from Greenock bound for Lamlash, from there she sailed out together with the Canadian corvettes HMCS SHERBROOKE and BARRIE and HMS DIANTHUS and HEPATICA to join as escort convoy ON 60.
02 February at 09 a.m. in a position of 45 52N 22W she joined it convoy.
In the morning of 4 February the British HMS DIANTHUS announces an underwater contact and launched a depth-charge attack.
During the 6th the weather deteriorated, but on the 7th and 8th the weather is fine again.
At 22.00 on the 8th with nice weather, no wind and a light sea swell, cloudy with a clear night and visibility around 1 mile, the outlooks were warned for a enemy submarine in the vicinity , and the men handling the depth charges were on there post on the afterdeck.
At 22.30 the new course for the convoy was given and the ALYSSE altered course, at that time her position was approximately 46 22N 43 42W (Bonnet Flamand bank about 360 miles east of New Foundland) and she is a little behind her station position in the convoy.
About one minute later was she hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-654 on her port bow, not any submarine was seen or detected on board the ALYSSE.
The torpedo hit the ALYSSE in a place between the fore and the engineers station, and all then men stationed there were killed (35 men) during impact, only one man the sailor Bakary Dialoo escaped by swimming out of the place.
At the moment of impact Capt. Pepin Lehalleur with his staff were in the dinning room, and were thrown against each other, in complete darkness and sprinkled with broken light-bulbs, everybody tried to get out of the room, leaving the unconscious commander laying on the deck of the dinning room.
He was rescued a few minutes later by two quartermasters looking for him, and brought to the bridge.
At 11.15 pm the bow down and water covered most of the deck, the screw above water, the captain gives the order to abandon the vessel, and the corvette HMCS MOOSE JAW and HMS HEPATICA were ordered to pick up the surveyors
The lifeboats were launched without difficulties and the first boat moves away at 11.40 p.m. with on board 10 men, which were picked up by the MOOSE JAW.
At midnight the second boat pulled away with on board the wounded commander, and they were also picked up by the MOOSE JAW.
The remaining officers and crew were rescued between 00.15 and 01.15 by a boat from the HMS HEPATICA, in the last boat Lieutenant Fontagners and the Chief Engineer L’Huillier left the ship.
At that time the ALYSSE was still floating on her stern part which kept watertight, and she is taken in tow by the stern by the corvette HEPATICA on the 9th at 02.00 hours, but a half hour later the towline breaks.
The remainder of the night the HEPATICA kept patrolling around the ALYSSE.
When daybreak comes a new attempt is made to tow the ALYSSE but again the towline breaks.
Around 09.30am a boat of the HEPATICA brings back on board the ALYSSE some officers of the ship.
The watertight bulkhead still holds, after the men were put back on the ALYSSE her auxiliary engine was started, and to given the ship more buoyancy her oil in the bunkers tanks was pumped overboard, also some equipment was salved.
Around 11.00 the ALYSSA again was abandoned when the HEPATICA reports that the ALYSSA quickly sinks deeper in the water.
After receiving orders from St John’s a new attempt is made at 01.30 pm to tow the corvette, a few minutes later the HEPATICA received a message that the salvage tug PRUDENT escorted by the Canadian HMCS MINAS has sailed on the 9th at 06.25 am.
But this help was not needed, after a successful tow connection was made between the ALYSSE and the HEPATICA after a tow of around 18 hours the towline broke again on the 10th at around 08.30 am.
Till that time the weather was nice and the sea calm, but then the weather deteriorated, and the ALYSSE got first a list over starboard and then over port, slowly sinks deeper in the water.
At 09.30 am an explosion was heard, most probably the front boiler exploded which was still under pressure; thereafter the ALYSSE disappears under the waves in a position approximately 46 34N and 44 10W.
11 February 1942 the HEPATICA and MOOSE JAW arrived at St John’s with 34 survivors, also the PRUDENT and MINAS returned to port that day.
Lieutenant Pepin Lehalleur was hospitalized with a broken scapula.
The survivors embarked on the MIMOSA and were brought to St Pierre on the 21 February.
Source: http://www.lebardeschoufs.com/legendes/alysse.htm Clyde built ships web-site.
24 June 1940 laid down.
Tuesday 04 March 1941 launched under the name HMS ALYSSUM (K100), one of the Flower class.
Displacement 941 ton standard, 1.170 ton full load. Dim. 62.70 x 10.90 x 4.30m. (draught).
Powered by quadruple expansion steam engine, 2.750hp. one screw, speed 16 knots.
Range, by 12 knots 3.450 mile.
Armament: 1 – 102mm AA, 1 – 42mm AA, 2 – 20mm guns. Carried 60 depth-charges.
Crew 70.
05 June 1941 on loan from the Royal Navy to the French Free Navy (FFN)
The same day commissioned and renamed ALYSSE (J1159), under command of Lieutenant Jacques Pepin Lehalleur.
17 June 1941 completed.
After a period of working up she was assigned as an escort between New Foundland and Iceland.
22 July 1941 sailed from the Clyde with a convoy to St John’s, New Foundland where the convoy arrived on 02 August.
12 August she sailed out again with convoy SC 40 to Hvalfjord where she arrived on the 24 August.
Made a call at Reykjavik on 30 August, and sailed from there on the 1st September bound for St John’s, where she arrived the 12th. The next day sails out again as escort of convoy SC 44 bound for Iceland.
23 September arrived at Hvalfjord, during the passage got gun contact with a German submarine on the 19th, dropt depth-charges after an asdic contact with unknown result.
26 September sailed from Reykjavik as escort with convoy ON 19 bound for St John’s.
During the passage on 01 October during a heavy storm the convoy is dispersed, then gathered, and without any accident arrived 09 October in St John’s.
19 October sailed from St John’s as escort for convoy SC 50, arrived Iceland 02 November.
Sailed 05 November from Reykjavik, then her movements that month get blurred, she is probably 17 November at Halifax, 23 November she is in St John’s where she takes on board two men.
27 November she must be off Iceland.
10 December 1941 placed under the direct orders of the French Admiral Muselier, and she joined the FFN MIMOSA and ACONIT.
The three FFN ships sailed to Halifax the same day at 16.00. During the voyage to Halifax she were delayed through bad weather and arrived there on 12 December at 19.30.
22 December the ALYSSE, MIMOSA, ACONIT and SURCOUF sailed at noon time from Halifax; they arrived 22 December in St Pierre and did go alongside the Coal Wharf that day at 08 am, the island surrenders without any resistance to the Free France Forces.
The same day at noon she sailed out again to Miquelon to take possession of the island, sailed out again on the same day at 17.00 hours, and she arrived 24 December at 17.30at Barachois, New Foundland.
26 December 1941 transferred together with the ACONIT to the New Foundland Escort Force. The Allies were not so happy with this independent operation of the Free French Forces to occupy St Pierre et Miquelon, and Admiral Muselier did not want to upset his allies more.
After bringing some reinforcing to the St Pierre garrison, she sailed from there on the 26 December and arrived the 27th at St John’s, New Foundland.
28 December 1941 she sailed as escort of convoy SC 62 bound for England, she returns at 31 December at St John’s for repair on her asdic equipment which takes 2 hours, then she joined convoy SC 62 again with the convoy she proceed to the River Clyde.
After arrival some new crewmembers embark at Greenock.
26 January 1942 she sailed from Greenock bound for Lamlash, from there she sailed out together with the Canadian corvettes HMCS SHERBROOKE and BARRIE and HMS DIANTHUS and HEPATICA to join as escort convoy ON 60.
02 February at 09 a.m. in a position of 45 52N 22W she joined it convoy.
In the morning of 4 February the British HMS DIANTHUS announces an underwater contact and launched a depth-charge attack.
During the 6th the weather deteriorated, but on the 7th and 8th the weather is fine again.
At 22.00 on the 8th with nice weather, no wind and a light sea swell, cloudy with a clear night and visibility around 1 mile, the outlooks were warned for a enemy submarine in the vicinity , and the men handling the depth charges were on there post on the afterdeck.
At 22.30 the new course for the convoy was given and the ALYSSE altered course, at that time her position was approximately 46 22N 43 42W (Bonnet Flamand bank about 360 miles east of New Foundland) and she is a little behind her station position in the convoy.
About one minute later was she hit by a torpedo from the German submarine U-654 on her port bow, not any submarine was seen or detected on board the ALYSSE.
The torpedo hit the ALYSSE in a place between the fore and the engineers station, and all then men stationed there were killed (35 men) during impact, only one man the sailor Bakary Dialoo escaped by swimming out of the place.
At the moment of impact Capt. Pepin Lehalleur with his staff were in the dinning room, and were thrown against each other, in complete darkness and sprinkled with broken light-bulbs, everybody tried to get out of the room, leaving the unconscious commander laying on the deck of the dinning room.
He was rescued a few minutes later by two quartermasters looking for him, and brought to the bridge.
At 11.15 pm the bow down and water covered most of the deck, the screw above water, the captain gives the order to abandon the vessel, and the corvette HMCS MOOSE JAW and HMS HEPATICA were ordered to pick up the surveyors
The lifeboats were launched without difficulties and the first boat moves away at 11.40 p.m. with on board 10 men, which were picked up by the MOOSE JAW.
At midnight the second boat pulled away with on board the wounded commander, and they were also picked up by the MOOSE JAW.
The remaining officers and crew were rescued between 00.15 and 01.15 by a boat from the HMS HEPATICA, in the last boat Lieutenant Fontagners and the Chief Engineer L’Huillier left the ship.
At that time the ALYSSE was still floating on her stern part which kept watertight, and she is taken in tow by the stern by the corvette HEPATICA on the 9th at 02.00 hours, but a half hour later the towline breaks.
The remainder of the night the HEPATICA kept patrolling around the ALYSSE.
When daybreak comes a new attempt is made to tow the ALYSSE but again the towline breaks.
Around 09.30am a boat of the HEPATICA brings back on board the ALYSSE some officers of the ship.
The watertight bulkhead still holds, after the men were put back on the ALYSSE her auxiliary engine was started, and to given the ship more buoyancy her oil in the bunkers tanks was pumped overboard, also some equipment was salved.
Around 11.00 the ALYSSA again was abandoned when the HEPATICA reports that the ALYSSA quickly sinks deeper in the water.
After receiving orders from St John’s a new attempt is made at 01.30 pm to tow the corvette, a few minutes later the HEPATICA received a message that the salvage tug PRUDENT escorted by the Canadian HMCS MINAS has sailed on the 9th at 06.25 am.
But this help was not needed, after a successful tow connection was made between the ALYSSE and the HEPATICA after a tow of around 18 hours the towline broke again on the 10th at around 08.30 am.
Till that time the weather was nice and the sea calm, but then the weather deteriorated, and the ALYSSE got first a list over starboard and then over port, slowly sinks deeper in the water.
At 09.30 am an explosion was heard, most probably the front boiler exploded which was still under pressure; thereafter the ALYSSE disappears under the waves in a position approximately 46 34N and 44 10W.
11 February 1942 the HEPATICA and MOOSE JAW arrived at St John’s with 34 survivors, also the PRUDENT and MINAS returned to port that day.
Lieutenant Pepin Lehalleur was hospitalized with a broken scapula.
The survivors embarked on the MIMOSA and were brought to St Pierre on the 21 February.
Source: http://www.lebardeschoufs.com/legendes/alysse.htm Clyde built ships web-site.
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Re: Alysse
In background of this stamp is depict the ALYSSE, and in the foreground a image of her commendant wen lost.
St Pierre et Miquelon 2001 0.46Euro, sg?, scott?
St Pierre et Miquelon 2001 0.46Euro, sg?, scott?
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