Allied Warship Commanders


Eric Percival Hinton DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

15 Oct 1922S.Lt.
15 Oct 1924Lt.
15 Oct 1932Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1939Cdr.
30 Jun 1947Capt.


Retired: 7 Jul 1956

Decorations

12 Aug 1934MVO
16 Aug 1940DSO
30 Jul 1942Bar to DSO

Warship Commands listed for Eric Percival Hinton, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Britomart (J 22)Lt.Cdr.Minesweeper28 Jun 193928 May 1940
HMS Halcyon (J 42)Cdr.Minesweeper30 May 194015 Oct 1940
HMS Harrier (J 71)Cdr.Minesweeper17 Dec 194016 Jul 1942
HMS Queenborough (G 70)Cdr.Destroyer29 Jul 1942Sep 1944

Career information

We currently have no career / biographical information on this officer.

Events related to this officer

Minesweeper HMS Harrier (J 71)


30 Mar 1942
HMS Harrier (Cdr. A.D.H. Jay, DSC, RN) picks up 17 survivors from the American merchant Effingham that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-435 in the Barents Sea in position 70º28'N, 35º44'E.

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