John Franklin William Hine DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown | |||
| Died | 1 Dec 1941 | HMS Jaguar (F 34) | |
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Warship Commands listed for John Franklin William Hine, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Jaguar (F 34) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 1 Aug 1939 | 1 Dec 1941 (+) |
Career information
Killed in an accident. Hit by a shell from HMS Jervis when a hot gun barrel was being cleared.Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Jaguar (F 34)
29 May 1940
During Operation Dynamo (the evacuation of Dunkirk) HMS Jaguar (Lt.Cdr. J.F.W. Hine, RN) was bombed and damaged by German aircraft. Repairs were completed in mid-June.
11 Oct 1940
The battleship HMS Revenge sails from Plymouth with the destroyers HMS Javelin, HMS Jupiter, HMS Kelvin, HMS Kipling, HMS Jackal, HMS Jaguar and HMS Kashmir to shell the French port of Cherbourg.
20 Oct 1940
The British destroyers HMS Kashmir (Cdr. H.A. King, RN), HMS Jaguar (Lt.Cdr. J.F.W. Hine RN), HMS Broke (Cdr. B.G. Scurfield, RN) and the Polish destroyer Blyskawica (Cdr. W. Franki, ORP) conducted a patrol in the English Channel. They detected four German destroyers. The enemy ships turned back to their base. The allied pursuit was unsuccessfull.