Ronald George Mills DSC, DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

30 Apr 1926Lt.
30 Apr 1934Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1940Cdr.
31 Dec 1948Capt.


Retired: 7 Jan 1958

Decorations

28 Jun 1940DSC
6 Sep 1940Bar to DSC
17 Jun 1941DSO
24 Jul 19452nd Bar to DSC

Warship Commands listed for Ronald George Mills, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Tetrarch (N 77)Lt.Cdr.Submarine30 Nov 193915 Nov 1940
HMS Duckworth (K 351)Cdr.Frigate19 Nov 1943Feb 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine HMS Tetrarch (N 77)


23 Apr 1940
HMS Tetrarch (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Mills, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German submarine chaser UJ B / Treff V (330 GRT) in the Skaggerak in position 58º21'N, 10º24'E.

20 May 1940
HMS Tetrarch (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Mills, RN) captures the Danish fishing vessel Emmanuel in the North Sea in position 56º59'N, 06º58'E. The ship is taken to Leith as a prize.

20 May 1940
HMS Tetrarch (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Mills, RN) sinks the Danish fishing vessel Terieven with scuttling charges in the North Sea west of Denmark in position 56º55'N, 06º50'E.

16 Jun 1940
HMS Tetrarch (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Mills, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Samland (5978 GRT) south-west of Lista, Norway in position 58º12'N, 06º13'E.

4 Nov 1940
HMS Tetrarch (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSC and Bar, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Snia Amba (2532 GRT) off Benghazi, Libya in position 31º35'N, 19º20'E.


Frigate HMS Duckworth (K 351)


29 Jun 1944
The German submarine U-988 was sunk in the English Channel west of Guernsey, in position 49º37'N, 03º41'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Essington (A/Lt.Cdr. W. Lambert, RNVR), HMS Duckworth (Cdr. R.G. Mills, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN), HMS Domett (T/A/Lt.Cdr. S. Gordon, RNVR), HMS Cooke (Lt.Cdr. L.C. Hill, OBE, RD, RNR) and a Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 244/L).

14 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-618 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of St. Nazaire, in position 47º22'N, 04º39'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Duckworth and HMS Essington and by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 53/G).

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