25 June 1945

Motor Minesweeper 168 of the Royal Navy is destroyed by a mine in Genoa harbour with the loss of all 15 crew. One of the men who died was 23 year old James McGroarty, an Ordinary Signalman from Renton in Scotland. James' brother David, an Able Seaman, also died on service on 13 October 1942 at the age of 19.