Geoffrey Mainwaring Sladen DSC, DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

15 Oct 1925S.Lt.
15 Jul 1927Lt.
15 Jul 1935Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1941Cdr.
30 Jun 1946Capt.


Retired: 7 Jul 1955

Decorations

3 Dec 1940DSC
27 Jan 1942DSO
16 Jun 1942Bar to DSO

Warship Commands listed for Geoffrey Mainwaring Sladen, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Oswald (N 58)Lt.Cdr.Submarine2 Aug 1939Feb 1940
HMS Trident (N 52)Lt.Cdr.Submarine18 Apr 194020 Mar 1942
HMS Sheffield (24)Cdr.Light cruiser5 Aug 1944Nov 1944
HMS Musketeer (G 86)Cdr.Destroyer20 Feb 1945Aug 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine HMS Trident (N 52)


25 Apr 1940
HMS Trident (Lt.Cdr. G.M. Sladen, RN) fires two torpedoes against the German merchants Palime (2863 GRT) and Pelikan (3464 GRT) about 30 nautical miles south-west of Lindesnes, Norway in position 57º30'N, 06º10'E. Both torpedoes missed their targets.

2 May 1940
HMS Trident (Lt.Cdr. G.M. Sladen, RN) attacks and damages the German merchant Cläre Hugo Stinnes (5295 GRT) with torpedoes and gunfire off the Björn fjord, Norway.

23 Jun 1940
HMS Trident (Lt.Cdr. G.M. Sladen, RN) fires four torpedoes at the German oiler Dithmarschen (10816 GRT) north of Frohavet in position 64º21'N, 09º12'E. The torpedoes however miss their target.

8 Oct 1940
HMS Trident (Lt.Cdr. G.M. Sladen, RN) attacks the German submarine U-31 with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay about 15 nautical miles south of Lorient, France in position 47º28'N, 03º25'W. All torpedoes fired missed their target.

27 Dec 1940
HMS Trident (Lt.Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) fires five torpedoes against a darkened ship that entered Punta Delgada, Azores. All five torpedoes missed their target.

19 Aug 1941
HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) damages the German merchant Levante (4769 GRT) east of Havoysund, Norway in position 71º01'N, 24º34'E.

22 Aug 1941
HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Ostpreußen (3030 GRT) in the Kvaenangenfjord, Norway in position 70º12'N, 21º05'E.

30 Aug 1941
HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchants Donau II (2931 GRT) and Bahia Laura (8561 GRT) in Lopphavet, Norway in position 70º35'N, 21º45'E.

3 Sep 1941
While returning to base at Polyarnoe, Russia, HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) is fired upon but missed by the German submarine U-566.

30 Sep 1941
HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) fires three torpedoes against the German hospital ship Birka (1000 GRT) in the Breidsundet about 4 nautical miles north-west of Havøysund, Norway in position 71º03'N, 24º34'E. All three torpedoes missed their target.

3 Nov 1941
HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 1213 / Rau IV (354 GRT) in the Porsangerfjord in position 70º58'N, 26º08'E. The German merchant Altkirch (4713 GRT) is missed in the same attack.

7 Nov 1941
HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) fires three torpedoes against the German minesweeper depot ship MRS 3 / Bali north of the Laksefjorden in position 71º06'N, 26º57'E. The torpedoes missed their target.

23 Feb 1942
HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSO, DSC, RN) fires 7 torpedoes against the German heavy cruisers Prinz Eugen and Admiral Scheer west of Kristiansund, Norway in position 63º12'N, 07º00'E. Prinz Eugen is hit in the stern with one torpedo but Admiral Hipper is missed.

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