Allied Warship Commanders


Charles Leigh de Hauteville Bell DSC, RD, RNR

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

31 Jul 1925S.Lt.
31 Jul 1927Lt.
31 Jul 1935Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1940Cdr.
24 Mar 1953Capt.


Retired: 24 Mar 1953

Decorations

Aug 1940RD
2 May 1944DSC

Warship Commands listed for Charles Leigh de Hauteville Bell, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Broadwater (H 81)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer9 Oct 194027 Feb 1941
HMS Leeds (G 27)Cdr.Destroyer27 Feb 1941???
HMS Vanquisher (D 54)Cdr.Destroyer7 Jun 1942???
HMS Whitehall (D 94)Cdr.Destroyer8 Oct 19421 Nov 1943
HMS PalomaresCdr.Anti-Aircraft ship16 Feb 1945ca.late 45

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Whitehall (D 94)


31 Oct 1943
The German submarine U-306 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 46º19'N, 20º44'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Whitehall (Lt.Cdr. C.L.de H. Bell, RD, RNR) and the British corvette HMS Geranium (T/Lt. A.R.J. Tilston, DSC, RNR).

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