Allied Warship Commanders


Cuthbert Richard Purse DSC, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

6 Dec 1932Lt.
6 Dec 1940Lt.Cdr.
22 Mar 1959Cdr. (retired)


Retired: 6 Dec 1953

Decorations

28 Jun 1940DSC
6 Apr 1943Bar to DSO
1 Jan 1955OBE

Warship Commands listed for Cuthbert Richard Purse, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Castleton (I 23)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer25 Sep 194131 Jan 1942
HMS Lamerton (L 88)Lt.Cdr.Escort destroyerJan 194230 Nov 1943
HMS Ashanti (F 51)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer19 Aug 194424 Jun 1945
HMS Zephyr (R 19)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer25 Jun 1945Oct 1945 ?

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Escort destroyer HMS Lamerton (L 88)


23 Feb 1943
The German submarine U-443 was sunk in the Mediterranean near Algiers, in position 36º55'N, 02º25'E, by depth charges from the British escort destroyers HMS Bicester (Lt.Cdr. S.W.F. Bennetts, RN) and HMS Lamerton (Lt.Cdr. C.R. Purse, DSC, RN), HMS Wheatland (Lt.Cdr. R.deL. Brooke, DSC, RN).

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