OK, here is a more current story. From the April 1, 2012 Saffron Walden (UK) Reporter "Crew members of town's adopted Second World War escort ship remembrance" by Sam Tonkin.
On March 20, 1945, 158 of 219 crew members of the HMS Lapwing died when it was torpedoed by a U-boat less than six miles from it final destination at Kola Inlet, in northern Soviet Union.The town's coat of arms was on the quarter deck when it went down. It had been placed there after town residents had raised 250,000 pounds to sponsored it during Britain's War Week.
Tommy Jess, 89, was the only surviving crew member able to make it for the commemoration.
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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