William Eric Banks DSC, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

15 May 1921S.Lt.
15 Apr 1923Lt.
15 Apr 1931Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1937Cdr.
31 Dec 1942Capt.


Retired: 15 Jan 1952

Decorations

26 Jul 1940DSC
21 Dec 1943CBE

Warship Commands listed for William Eric Banks, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Clyde (N 12)Cdr.Submarine21 Feb 19383 Feb 1940
HMS Leamington (G 19)Cdr.Destroyer23 Oct 1940Feb 1941
HMS Douglas (D 90)Cdr.DestroyerFeb 194120 Apr 1942
HMS Firedrake (H 79)Cdr.Destroyer4 May 19421 Sep 1942

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Douglas (D 90)


28 Apr 1941
The German submarine U-65 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Iceland in position 59º51'N, 15º30'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Douglas (Cdr. W.E. Banks, RN).

HMS Douglas also picks up 18 men from the British tanker Capulet that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-552 south of Iceland in position 60º16'N, 16º10'W.
HMS Douglas then tried to sink the tanker with gunfire but failed to do so.
The abandoned wreck was finally sunk on 2 May 1941 by the German submarine U-201 south of Iceland in position 60º00'N, 16º00'W.

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