De Freitas Islets

De Freitas Islets (52˚27'00" 128˚14'00" E side of Mathieson Channel, S of Salmon Bay, N of Bella Bella). Lt Cdr Percival Francis Mayow de Freitas, of Oak Bay, was killed in action Sept 20, 1943, aged 43, aboard HMCS St Croix. The destroyer was escorting a slow-moving convoy in the N Atlantic when it was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat (U-305). De Freitas had previously commanded the corvette Vancouver on convoy duties off the Aleutian Is. He was the son of Sir Anthony de Freitas, OBE, of...

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