| Entry Text: | HERRICK, T. D. Into the Blue: A New Zealander in the Royal Navy. iv, 240p., illus. Spellhurst: Parapress, 1997. ISBN: 1898594201.
Of farming stock, he went to Dartmouth in 1924. In September 1939 he was First of Decoy on the China Station. She was immediately transferred to Malta then moved to Gibraltar and finally to join the Fleet at Alexandria. After brisk action and the evacuations of Greece and Crete, he was given command of Hotspur in mid-1941. More action included the sinking of U 79 until in February 1942 she moved to join the Eastern Fleet in Ceylon. In October he was relieved and returned to England to stand by Brecon, which commissioned in December 1942. She spent some time with the Home Fleet then Herrick returned to the Mediterranean for Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio. In February 1944 he returned to England and a spell teaching at Collingwood. In January 1945 he was appointed to and stood by Cockade, then building but not completed before war's end. |
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