Allied Warship Commanders


Ralph Lucien Hennessy DSC, RCN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

1 Feb 1939Lt.
???A/Lt.Cdr.
1 Feb 1947Lt.Cdr.
1 Jan 1948Cdr.
1 Jul 1953Capt.
16 Jul 1966Vice-Admiral


Retired: 1970

Decorations

3 Dec 1942DSC

Warship Commands listed for Ralph Lucien Hennessy, RCN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Assiniboine (I 18)Lt.Destroyer2 Oct 19421 Dec 1942
HMCS Gatineau (H 61)A/Lt.Cdr.Destroyer11 Sep 194429 Sep 1944
HMCS Assiniboine (I 18)A/Lt.Cdr.Destroyer9 Nov 194421 Feb 1945
HMCS Micmac (R 10)A/Lt.Cdr.Destroyer22 Mar 194527 Mar 1947

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMCS Assiniboine (I 18)


14 Feb 1945
HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. R.L. Hennessy, DSC, RCN) was damaged in a collision the merchant Empire Bond in the English Channel. Assiniboine went to Sheerness for repairs that lasted until early March.

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