Eric Lister Jones DSC, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

28 Sep 1933Lt.
28 Sep 1941Lt.Cdr.


Retired: 1 Jun 1950

Decorations

25 Oct 1940DSC

Warship Commands listed for Eric Lister Jones, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Wrestler (D 35)Lt.Destroyer28 Sep 19407 Dec 1941
HMS Boreas (H 77)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer8 Dec 1941Sep 1943 ?
HMS Serapis (G 94)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer11 Oct 19431 Oct 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Wrestler (D 35)


18 Oct 1940
The Italian submarine Durbo was sunk east of Gibraltar by the British destroyers HMS Firedrake (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Norris, DSC, RN), HMS Wrestler (Lt.Cdr. E.N.V. Currey, RN) and 2 London flying boats (RAF 202Sqn.)


Destroyer HMS Boreas (H 77)


18 Aug 1942
HMS Boreas (Lt.Cdr. E.L. Jones, DSC, RN) picks up 18 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Mirlo that was torpedoed and sunk on 11 August 1942 about 870 nautical miles west-southwest of Freetown in position 06º04'N, 26º50'W by the German submarine U-130.

1 Jan 1943
HMS Boreas (Lt.Cdr. E.L. Jones, DSC, RN) picks up 3 survivors from the American mercant Arthur Middleton that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-73 off Oran, Algeria in position 35º45'N, 00º45'W.

29 Jul 1943
Reported to have steamed over 250,000 miles since the war began. In 439 days, she travelled 183,244 miles.

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