Benjamin Andrew Rogers RD, DSC, RNR

Birth details unknown

Ranks

28 Mar 1931Lt.
28 Mar 1939Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1944Cdr.


Retired: 5 Aug 1956

Decorations

Jan 1943RD
3 Jul 1945DSC
8 Jun 1963OBE

Warship Commands listed for Benjamin Andrew Rogers, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Campanula (K 18)Lt.Cdr.Corvette26 Nov 19421 Nov 1943
HMS Spey (K 246)Lt.Cdr.Frigate30 Aug 19436 Jan 1944
HMS Loch Fada (K 390)Lt.Cdr.Frigate4 Feb 19443 Sep 1945

Career information

We currently have no career / biographical information on this officer.

Events related to this officer

Corvette HMS Campanula (K 18)


7 Feb 1943
HMS Campanula (Lt.Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR) and HMS Mignonette (Lt H.H. Brown, RNR) together pick up the 37 survivors from the British merchant Afrika that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-402 in the North Atlantic in position 55º16'N, 26º31'W.


Frigate HMS Loch Fada (K 390)


27 Feb 1945
The German submarine U-327 was sunk in the west part of the Channel, in position 49º46'N, 05º47'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Labuan (T/A/Lt.Cdr. V.D.H. Bidwell, DSC, RNR) and HMS Loch Fada (Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Wild Goose (Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN).

27 Feb 1945
The German submarine U-1018 was sunk in the Channel south of Penzance, in position 49º56'N, 05º20'W, by depth charges (Squid) from the British frigate HMS Loch Fada (Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR). Two survivors were picked up by the frigate.

Allied Commanders main page