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A Royal Marine who survived Charybdis and helped bring former shipmates together again.
In a 1974 report preserved by the Charybdis Association, Eric Davies recalled preparing shells inside a gun turret when the first torpedo struck. Decades later, he and John Eskdale helped reconnect surviving shipmates for a reunion aboard the later frigate Charybdis.
Charybdis Association: reunion reporting and survivor identificationsNamed as a survivor and former Royal Marine in the reproduced 1974 reunion report, with Royal Marine service aboard Charybdis explicitly confirmed by Neil Wood's 2008 note. Exact wartime rank and service number are not supplied.
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