Alrewas H.M.S.'s Neptune and Kandahar Memorial

This memorial is at The National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

HMS NEPTUNE and KANDAHAR WAR MEMORIAL

[The sinking of HM Ships Neptune & Kandahar.]
At 0106 on the morning of the 19th December when closing the Libyan coast, Neptune struck 1st of 4 mines, she sank before dawn at 0404. Rescue attempts were made by Kandahar & Lively but at 0318 Kandahar also struck a mine. Destroyer Jaguar sent from Malta rescued the remainder of Kandahars ships company before dawn on the 20th December, then sank the seriously damaged Destroyer. No survivors from Neptune were seen, except Able Seaman Norman Walton who remained alive on a carley float to be rescued five days later by an Italian Torpedo Boat, Calliope