Allied Warship Commanders


Stuart Henderson, RCNR

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Ranks

31 Oct 1939T/Lt.

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Stuart Henderson, RCNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Napanee (K 118)T/Lt.Corvette9 Dec 19412 Jun 1944
HMCS Ungava (J 149)T/Lt.Minesweeper31 Jan 19459 Apr 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMCS Napanee (K 118)


27 Dec 1942
The German submarine U-356 was sunk in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 43º30'N, 25º40'W, by depth charges from the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent (A/Cdr. G.S. Windeyer, RCN) and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Chilliwack (T/A/Lt.Cdr. L.L. Foxall, RCNR), HMCS Battleford (T/Lt. F.A. Beck, RCNVR) and HMCS Napanee (T/Lt. S. Henderson, RCNR).

HMCS Napanee also picks up 25 survivors from the British merchant King Edward that was one of U-356's last vivtims.

HMCS Napanee also picks up 18 survivors from the Dutch merchant Soekaboemi that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-356. The damaged Soekaboemi was later sunk by U-441.

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