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Friday, February 2, 1962 @ 1800
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		H.M.S. CARRON (1944-1967 "C"-class Destroyer 363 feet long (111m) of Royal Navy, London : 1967 Scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland) Own Page

Two ratings arrested for allegedly attempting to sabotage the Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. CARRON
Port of RegistryAdmiralty, London

  

The Admiralty announced that two ratings have been arrested and detained in the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, England, charged with allegedly attempting to sabotage their ship, the “C-class” Navigational Training Destroyer H.M.S. CARRON of the Royal Navy.

   Only slight damage was caused and the operation of the vessel was not affected.

   The 363 feet long (111m) H.M.S. CARRON was built in 1944 by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock and her wartime service saw duties in the North Atlantic, off Norway and with the British Pacific Fleet in the Indian Ocean.