"Three Enemy Destroyers Sunk in 1 1/2 Hours. 22 November 1944, on Board HMS Wheatland, Malta. the Hunt Class Destroyers HMS Wheatland and HMS Avonvale Sank Three Enemy Destroyers Within 1 1/2 Hours on 1 November 1944, in the Adriatic Near Pag Island." Lieutenant T L Syms, RN, of Glasgow, the 1st Lieutenant (right) with Signalman W J Hatherway of Stratford on Avon, and Chief Yeoman R Patheyjohns, of Plymouth.