The loss of HMS Sidon
Adrian Flynn recounts one of the blackest days in Portland’s post-war history
Published in December ’21
HMS Sidon after recovery from the seabed
‘SUDDENLY I felt a slight concussion – I don’t recollect hearing any particular explosion – and through the voice-pipe I felt a blast of air.’ Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Tyrell Verry was telling an inquest at Dorset County Police Headquarters about events that had occurred in Portland Harbour eleven days earlier, on the morning of 16 June 1955. The …
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