Michael Donston Capel Meyrick DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

30 May 1925S.Lt.
29 May 1927Lt.
29 May 1935Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1940Cdr.


Retired: 14 May 1954

Decorations

5 Jan 1944DSO
7 Jun 1951OBE

Warship Commands listed for Michael Donston Capel Meyrick, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Wivern (D 66)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer26 Jun 1940???
HMS Savage (G 20)Cdr.Destroyer11 Dec 1943Jun 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Savage (G 20)


25 Jan 1944
HMS Savage (Cdr. M.D.C. Meyrick, DSO, RN) picks up 56 survivors from the American merchant Penelope Barker that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-278 about 115 nautical miles from the North Cape in position 73º22'N, 22º30'E.

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