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Description: | Douglas Morris Harris of Pennfields, Wolverhampton, was a wireless telegrapher on board the Italian drifter Floandi. These armed drifters were used to blockade the port of Cattaro (Kotor) to prevent the Austrian Navy's use of the Adriatic. On the night of the 14th/15th May 1917, the drifters came under attack from three ships of the Austrian Navy, the Helgsland, Saida and the light cruiser Novara. Harris remained at his post during the battle and was killed: he was just 19 years old. For his bravery he was awarded one of Italy's highest honours. A memorial to Douglas Morris Harris by Emerson stands in St Peter's Gardens. These photgraphs appear to show the badly damaged signal log of a HMS Ship, though other details are obscured by the damage and dates cannot be made out. The name is faded but appears to be Floandi. They are mounted in carboard surrounds.
Three photos associated with Douglas M Harris, wireless operator on HMS Drifter Floandi, killed in 1917. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | People and roles Photographs Navy Miscellaneous Historical Objects Radio First World War (1914-1918) | Temporal: | 1914 - 1917
First World War (1914-1918) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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