Andrew Cecil Dick

Ordinary Seaman

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of James and Beatrice Ellen Dick (nee Leitch), of Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While escorting a convoy in March 1942, she and other escorts were in combat with German destroyers She hit and damaged the German destroyer Z36 and then launched a torpedo attack. One of her torpedoes had a fault, possibly affected by the icy waters and sub-zero conditions common in the Atlantic en-route to Russia; causing the torpedo to limp across the water at a speed far below the 46 knots expected, the reduced speed causing the torpedo to strike Trinidad as she performed evasive zigzags in its path, killing 32 men.

[Pearce, Frank (1975). The Ship That Torpedoed Herself: HMS "Trinidad".]

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Casualty

Service Number:

3228

Name:

Andrew Cecil Dick

Rank:

Ordinary Seaman

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

James (father) Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Trinidad

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

29 March 1942

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 2.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand