- Contributed by
- actiondesksheffield
- People in story:
- Thomas Arthur Russell
- Location of story:
- Scapa Flow
- Background to story:
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:
- A7947778
- Contributed on:
- 21 December 2005

HMS Quail early 1943 working up at Scapa Flow.
This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Roger Marsh of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Thomas Arthur Russell and has been added to the site with the author’s permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
Approach of the Storm, Images of WWII - Thomas Arthur Russell’s Photograph Album — No. 03
Mined entering Bari harbour Italy November 1943. In which a few minutes saver my life. Mined under the stern, I’d just taken steering engine reading and returned to gear room. In the great Bari disaster including mustered gas.
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