David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton DSC, DSO, RN
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Retired: 11 Oct 1960 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Boreas (H 77) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 19 Nov 1940 | 8 Dec 1941 |
| HMS Ithuriel (H 05) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 3 Feb 1942 | 28 Nov 1942 |
| HMS Venomous (D 75) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 18 Dec 1942 | 18 Feb 1943 |
| HMS Jervis (F 00) | Cdr. | Destroyer | Sep 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Boreas (H 77)
22 May 1941
HMS Boreas (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Maitland-Makgill Crichton, DSC, RN) picks up survivors from the British merchant Rodney Star that was torpedoed and finally
sunk with gunfire on 16 May 1941 about 420 nautical miles west-south-west of Freetown in position 05º03'N, 19º02'W by the German submarine U-105
23 Aug 1941
HMS Boreas (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Maitland-Makgill Crichton, DSC, RN) picks up 25 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Spind that was damaged by gunfire from the German submarine U-552 The destroyer sank the damaged Spind with gunfire east of Lisbon, Portugal in position 40º43'N, 11º39'W
Destroyer HMS Ithuriel (H 05)
12 Aug 1942
The Italian submarine Cobalto was rammed and sunk off Bizerta, Tunisia after being forced to surface after being depth charged by the British destroyers HMS Ithuriel (Lt.Cdr. D.H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, DSC, RN) and HMS Pathfinder (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, DSO and Bar, RN). It was Ithuriel that rammed the submarine.
