William Francis Roderick Segrave DSC, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

16 Oct 1928S.Lt.
16 Apr 1931Lt.
16 Apr 1939Lt.Cdr.
22 Nov 1952Cdr. (retired)


Retired: 22 Nov 1952

Decorations

14 Sep 1943DSC
22 Feb 1944Bar to DSC
13 Jun 19442nd Bar to DSC

Warship Commands listed for William Francis Roderick Segrave, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Westcott (D 47 / I 47)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer21 Aug 1939Feb 1941
HMS Wellington (L 65 / U 65)Lt.Cdr.SloopFeb 194124 Oct 1942
HMS Kite (U 87)Lt.Cdr.Sloop7 Jan 1943May 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Westcott (D 47 / I 47)


16 Jan 1941
HMS Westcott (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN), HMRT Superman and HMRT Tenacity together pick up 143 survivors from the British passenger ship Oropasa that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-96 southeast of Rockall in position 56º28'N, 12º00'W.


Sloop HMS Wellington (L 65 / U 65)


21 May 1942
HMS Wellington (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN) picks up 61 survivors from the British tanker Montenol that is torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36º41'N, 22º45'W.

HMS Wellington also picks up 10 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36º53'N, 22º55'W.

19 Jul 1942
HMS Wellington (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN) picks up 41 survivors from the British merchant Lavington Court that is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-564 about 200 nautical miles north of the Azores in position 42º38'N, 25º28'W.


Sloop HMS Kite (U 87)


24 Jun 1943
The German submarine U-449 was sunk at 1600hrs on 24 June 1943 in the North Atlantic, north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45º00'N, 11º59'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Wren (Lt.Cdr. R.M. Aubrey, RN), HMS Woodpecker (Lt.Cdr. R.E.S. Hugonin, DSC, RN), HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN) and HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, RN).

30 Jul 1943
The German submarine U-462 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay at postition 45º33'N, 10º58'W.by a British Handley Page Halifax aircraft (Sqdn 502/S) and gunfire from the British sloops HMS Wren (Lt.Cdr. R.M. Aubrey, RN), HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN), HMS Woodpecker (Lt.Cdr. R.E.S. Hugonin, DSC, RN), HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, RN) and HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, RN).

30 Jul 1943
The German submarine U-504 was sunk at 1543hrs on 30 July 1943 in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45º33'N, 10º56'W, by depth charges from the British Sloops HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, RN), HMS Woodpecker (Lt.Cdr. R.E.S. Hugonin, DSC, RN), HMS Wren (Lt.Cdr. R.M. Aubrey, RN) and HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, RN).

6 Nov 1943
The German submarine U-226 was sunk at 0700hrs on 6 November 1943 in the North Atlantic east of Newfoundland, in position 44º49'N, 41º13'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Woodcock (Lt.Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, RN) and HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. W.F.R. Segrave, DSC, RN).

9 Feb 1944
The German submarine U-238 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 49º45'N, 16º07'W, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Kite (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN), HMS Magpie (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Abram, RN) and HMS Starling (Capt. F.W. Walker, CB, DSO and Bar, RN).

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