HMS Postillion was an of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Launched on 18 March 1943 as "AM 335", she was commissioned into the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 on 25 November 1943 as HMS Postillion.

She was sold to the Greek Navy in 1947 as Machitis (M 58). She was finally used as a target and sunk off Crete

Crete

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...

 in 1984.

War Service

• HX-276 (Departed New York City, 22 January 1944, arrived Liverpool, 7 February 1944 - ESCORT 27/01 - 06/02)
• OS-120/ KMS-94 (Depart Clyde & Downs, 1 April 1945, Convoy Split 7 April 1945 - ESCORT 03/04 - 05/04)

Ships Company

T/A/Lt.Cdr. J.C. Mackintosh, RCNVR (CO 25 November 1943 – 23 February 1944)

A/Lt.Cdr. John Samuel Gordon-Christian, DSC, RNR (CO 23 February 1944 – 1 December 1944)

T/A/Lt.Cdr. William Eric Halbert, DSC, RNR (CO 1 December 1944 – October 1945)
Arthur Colwill

Lt(L) Sidney Travis Crouch RN (March 1944 - 1946)

AB Sig Denis Patrick Davies

T/Lt Maurice Arthur Hanbury RNR

AB Donald Crawford MacMillan

T/Lt(E) Charles Henry Mayne RNR

ERA Frank Merrill

Eric Cyril Page (Chief Stoker)

LSA Larry Porter

Arthur Charles Sutlieff

Albert Sedgley

John Armstrong ( A/L.STO )