HMS Charybdis now lies at the bottom of the Channel. In 1943 the boat was attacked by German torpedo boats - it now lies at the bottom of the Channel.

The chance discovery of a landlady's letter informing a Cornish brewery of her husband's death when his ship was torpedoed in WWII leads to an emotional trip for the couple's 75-year-old daughter.

Hundreds of men who lost their lives when two Royal Navy warships were hit by German torpedo boats in the English Channel, are being remembered in Guernsey.

Roger Roberts aged 17 in his navy uniform signed up to fight in WW2. Whilst on board, the HMS Charybdis was hit by German torpedo boats in the English Channel in October 1943 and started to sink.

John saw combat with HMS Charybdis in the Mediterranean on the Malta Convoys in 1942 and was involved in the invasion of Sicily in the summer of 1943.

Roger Roberts, pictured left in uniform with fellow care home resident Roger James, enrolled in the Royal Navy in 1943, boarding the HMS Charybdis, a Dido-class cruiser launched in 1940 - but in ...

Roger Roberts was aboard the HMS Charybdis in the English Channel in October 1943 when it was torpedoed and had to swim to safety - the last time he was in the sea for 80 years ...

Hundreds of men who died when two Royal Navy warships were hit by German torpedo boats in the English Channel are being remembered in Guernsey. Four-hundred and sixty-nine men died when HMS ...