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Randall Thomas GORDON-DUFF (aka Randy) [1904-1942]

Submitted by jill on Mon, 2019-10-28 02:59
Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Gordon-Duff
Given: 
Randall Thomas
Alias / nickname: 
Randy
Birth
Date: 
1904-08-19
Death
Date: 
1942-01-31
Cause of death: 
Ship torpedoed and sunk

Lt Randy Gordon-Duff was an officer on HM Submarine L3 in the 4th Submarine Flotilla on the China Station 1928-1929. The task of the flotilla was to chase down pirates up and down the China coast, mainly around Wei-Hai-Wei, Bia's Bay and Hong Kong. Gordon-Duff was promoted to Lt Cmdr and returned to Hong Kong commanding HMS Proteus in 1939-1940. He died when HMS Culver which he was commanding in 1942 was hit and sunk by two torpedoes off Cape Clear while escorting a convoy. He married Mollie Olga Sinclair in 1937.

Birthplace (country): 
Scotland
Tags: 
4th Submarine Flotilla
HMS L3
HMS Titania

Auntie+L27.jpg

Submitted by jill on Sat, 2019-10-26 06:12
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

HMS Titania was known to the submarine crews, whose depot ship she was, as "Auntie". Here she is with HM Submarine L27 alongside.

The photo is from the 1928-1929 album of W.R. Fell who commanded HM Submarine L3.

Titania&Submarines.jpg

Submitted by jill on Sat, 2019-10-26 06:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1928

Although this is not a good quality photo, it expresses David's observation about HMS Titania being a mother duck with her ducklings. HMS Kent stands by.

The photo is from the 1928-1929 album of W.R. Fell.

Titania Christmas party WRF.jpg

Submitted by jill on Fri, 2019-10-25 02:33
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

On the same page of the HK Telegraph, 2 November 1929 that carries the announcement of the departure for Home of HMS Titania and the 4th Submarine Flotilla for the following morning, there is a report on The Titania Farewell Dance that took place on 1st November at Lane Crawford's. It looks as if it might have been the same occasion as this photo records, labelled "Big Children's Party 1929 Xmas," but on return to the ship. The date has been corrected from 1928 to 1929. Titania would no longer have been in Hong Kong at Christmas 1929. The article mentions a fancy dress competition.

4th Submarine Flotilla Rowing Team.JPG

Submitted by jill on Thu, 2019-10-24 06:55
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

This is the team photo of the 4th Submarine Flotilla rowing four who took third place in the race for the 4th Submarine Flotilla Cup in the Royal HK Yacht Club Regatta of March 1929. The team members are listed as GME Grove (bow); RLM Edwards (No. 2); W Woods (No. 3); GC Phillips (stroke); WR Fell (cox). 

4th Submarine Flotilla Four.png

Submitted by jill on Thu, 2019-10-24 06:34
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

This is the 4th Submarine Flotilla rowing four in action referred to in moddsey's earlier post. They came third in a race of four teams for the 4th Submarine Flotilla Cup won by the Jardine Matheson team over a distance of one mile. The regatta, held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club at North Point, was reported in the Hong Kong Sunday Herald of 24 March, 1929.

The photo comes from the 1928-1929 album of William Richmond Fell, who coxed the four.

L3 officers rubber plantation.jpg

Submitted by jill on Tue, 2019-10-08 23:15
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1929

From the Ward Room Mess album of the H.M.S. Titania

Officers of H.M.S. L3 submarine are visiting a rubber plantation in Malaya. This photo should be compared with moddsey's upload of the photo of the crew of L3 after winning the Submarine Cup, as it may also show Gordon Duff, Edwards, Lonsdale and Waterson. 

HMS Titania

Submitted by David on Fri, 2019-09-27 15:42

HMS Titania was a submarine depot ship, often seen in Hong Kong during 1919-1929, when she was part of the 4th Submarine Flotilla. The flotilla also included a second depot ship, HMS Ambrose, and 13 L-class submarines:  L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L15, L19, L20 and L33.

Wikipedia has a good page about HMS Titania. Here are some of the key dates mentioned there:

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