Allied Warship Commanders


Richard Edmund Hyde-Smith, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

15 Aug 1921Lt.
15 Aug 1929Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1936Cdr.
???A/Capt.


Retired: 20 May 1948

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Richard Edmund Hyde-Smith, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Wellington (L 65 / U 65)Cdr.Sloop7 Nov 193826 Oct 1940
HMS Escapade (H 17)Cdr.Destroyer10 Dec 1940Feb 1941
HMS Arrow (H 42)Cdr.DestroyerFeb 194124 Sep 1941

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Sloop HMS Wellington (L 65 / U 65)


1 Oct 1940
The British passenger ship Highland Patriot is torpedoed and sunk about 500 nautical miles west of Bishop Rock in position 52º20'N, 19º04'W by the German submarine U-38. HMS Wellington (Cdr. R.E. Hyde-Smith, RN) later picks up 169 survivors.

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