The Northern Barrage

I did some research into the early days of the Partridge. As a Lapwing minesweeper or “Bird Boat”, the Partridge was built as a special class of minesweeper to clear mines laid in the North Sea by the U.S. Navy. This was a massive mine field of over 80,000...

HMCS Prescott

The HMCS Prescott was a Canadian ship that rescued many of the survivors from the Partridge after it was sunk on June 11, 1944.   The ship doesn’t look that much larger than the Partridge in this photo: From uboat.net: The German submarine U-163 was sunk in the...

Photos from Leave

Going through some of my grandmother’s scrapbooks, I came across these photos that I thought should be up here.  It’s amazing how different these photos look after going through the ship’s logs and reading about the people in the photos.  Most of...

Adnah Caldin

Adnah Caldin was the commander of the Partridge from approximately December of 1943 to April of 1944. There are many stories from members of the crew about his command of the ship. However, I do not have any information on his military career before or after the...