Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

15 Feb 1921Lt.
15 Feb 1929Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1934Cdr.
31 Dec 1940Capt.
7 Jan 1950Rear-Admiral
15 Sep 1953Vice-Admiral
30 Jun 1956Admiral

Decorations

27 Nov 1942DSO
18 Jan 1944Bar to DSO
1 Jan 1952CB
3 Oct 1952CBE
9 Jun 1955KCB

Warship Commands listed for Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Enchantress (L 56 / U 56)Cdr.Sloop10 Jan 1939Dec 1940
HMS Faulknor (H 62)Capt.Destroyer26 Jan 194228 Sep 1943

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Sloop HMS Enchantress (L 56 / U 56)


12 Jun 1940
The British merchant Earlspark is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-101 north-west of Cape Finisterre in position 42º26'N, 11º33'W. HMS Enchantress (Cdr. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, RN) later picks up 31 survivors.

26 Jul 1940
HMS Enchantress (Cdr. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, RN) picks up 79 survivors from the British passenger ship Accra that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34 about 320 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º40'N, 16º28'W.

10 Oct 1940
HMS Enchantress (Cdr. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, RN) picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Graigwen that was torpedoed and damaged the previous day by the German submarine U-103 37 nautical miles north-north-west of Rockall. The abandoned Graigwen was finally torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-123 in position 58º11'N, 13º57'W.

23 Nov 1940
HMS Enchantress (Cdr. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, RN) picks up 26 survivors from the British merchant Justitia that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-100 about 160 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º00'N, 13º10'W.

Enchantress also picks up 7 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Salonica that was also torpedoed and sunk by U-100 west of Ireland in position 55º16'N, 12º14'W.


Destroyer HMS Faulknor (H 62)


12 Sep 1942
The German submarine U-88 was sunk in the Arctic Ocean south of Spitzbergen, in position 75º04'N, 04º49'E, by the British destroyer HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, RN).

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