# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Remembering HMS Redmill & The Potomac Submarine U-1105 (FREE Online Presentation)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 11:00 pm – Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 12:00 am
- **Event Description**: This Veteran’s Day, we will be honouring all those who served and this year we have scheduled a special guest from the United Kingdom, John Griffiths-Colby, to speak to us about the Royal Navy ship HMS REDMILL – a US-built Destroyer Escort that was torpedoed by U-1105 (experimental German submarine) off the coast of Ireland in the last moments of WW2. Tragically, 28 of the REDMILL’s crew were lost on 27 April 1945. As we know, the final resting place of U-1105 is right here in the Potomac near Piney Point, Maryland.

John Griffiths-Colby’s Uncle Walter Colby was a Stoker aboard the REDMILL. We will hear how he survived the attack – and how he had come to be part of the REDMILL’s crew. Having been torpedoed during the invasion of Sicily in 1943, his ship had limped to Norfolk, Virginia, for repair – where he was sent to Boston, Massachusetts, to join the REDMILL - freshly built at the Bethlehem-Hingham Yards. 

We will follow his journey through anti-submarine patrols, supporting the D-Day landings and the dreaded Arctic Convoys to Russia – before the fateful encounter with U-1105. We will also come face to face with the two men who torpedoed Walter Colby’s ships – one of whom ended up serving with the Allies - and making the ultimate sacrifice to help liberate Europe.

For those wanting to learn more, you can visit the U-1105 submarine exhibit at Piney Point Lighthouse Museum & Historic Park in St. Mary's County, Maryland. A planned HMS Redmill exhibit will be forthcoming to further illuminate this fascinating story. 

This free online presentation will be via Zoom (see link). Meeting ID: 815 1786 9115 and passcode: 525031
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/piney-point-maryland/remembering-hms-redmill-and-the-potomac-submarine-u-1105-free-online-presentation/200028991880613
- **Event Categories**: virtual, meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Piney Point, Maryland
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 44720 Lighthouse Rd, Piney Point, MD 20674-3027, United States, Piney Point, Maryland

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Remembering HMS Redmill & The Potomac Submarine U-1105 (FREE Online Presentation) being held?
  - **A:** Remembering HMS Redmill & The Potomac Submarine U-1105 (FREE Online Presentation) takes place on Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 11:00 pm to Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 12:00 am at Online event, 44720 Lighthouse Rd, Piney Point, MD 20674-3027, United States, Piney Point, Maryland.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Remembering HMS Redmill & The Potomac Submarine U-1105 (FREE Online Presentation)?
  - **A:** Remembering HMS Redmill & The Potomac Submarine U-1105 (FREE Online Presentation) is organized by Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park.

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