Erroll Norman Sinclair DSC, RN
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Warship Commands listed for Erroll Norman Sinclair, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Fortune (H 70) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 2 Nov 1940 | Mid 1941 |
| HMS Antelope (H 36) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | Aug 1941 | 4 Oct 1943 |
| HMS Eskimo (F 75) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 1 Feb 1944 | Dec 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Antelope (H 36)
19 Jan 1943
The British destroyer HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. E.N. Sinclair, RN) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Port Arthur (T/A/Lt.Cdr. E.T. Simmons, DSC, RCNVR) sank the Italian submarine Tritone (offsite link) (Cdr. Paolo Monechi / 26 dead.) near Bougie, Algeria in position 37º06'N, 05º22'E. The Italian submarine was on it's first war patrol. She was only commissioned on 10 October 1942.
Destroyer HMS Eskimo (F 75)
24 Jun 1944
The German submarine U-971 was sunk in the English Channel north of Brest, in position 49º01'N, 05º35'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Eskimo (Lt.Cdr. E.N. Sinclair, DSC, RN), the Canadian Destroyer HMCS Haida (Cdr. H.G. De Wolf, DSO, RCN) and depth charges from a Czech Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 311/O).
12 Jun 1945
HMS Tartar (Capt. B. Jones, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN), HMS Eskimo (Lt. Cdr. E.N. Sinclair, DSC, RN) and HMS Nubian (Lt.Cdr. F.C. Brodrick, RN) intecept a Japanese convoy some 20 miles north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies and sink the Japanese submarine chaser Ch 57 (420 tons) and the Japanse landing ship Kuroshio Maru No.2 (950 tons, former T 149) with gunfire in position 06º20'N, 94º45'E.