Royal Navy Survivors

It is with much regret that the Dunedin Society announces the death of one of the few survivors of the sinking of HMS Dunedin, Clarence Arthur Montague Victor Binley, who…

Thanks go to Tommy Handley and Anne Randall (Lt-Cmndr Sowdon’s daughter) for these photographs.

Biographical Notes Mentioned in newspaper report. Previously survived sinking of Royal Oak. One of five survivors from original 22 on Dunedin raft. Reportedly dived into sea five times to rescue…

Biographical Notes Mentioned in Watson Report: “On board S. S. NISHMAHA as was recorded by the Master in his letter dated 16th December, 1941, C. Yeo. Sigs. Lavington, E. R….

Biographical Notes Senior surviving Officer. Author of official report of sinking. The discovery, in 2015, of his manuscript notes on how many men made it to the rafts prompted new…