David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton DSC, DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

1 May 1931S.Lt.
30 Nov 1932Lt.
30 Nov 1939Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1944Cdr.


Retired: 11 Oct 1960

Decorations

16 Aug 1940DSC
1 Sep 1942DSO

Warship Commands listed for David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Boreas (H 77)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer19 Nov 19408 Dec 1941
HMS Ithuriel (H 05)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer3 Feb 194228 Nov 1942
HMS Venomous (D 75)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer18 Dec 194218 Feb 1943
HMS Jervis (F 00)Cdr.DestroyerSep 1945Oct 1945 ?

Career information

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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.

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