Allied Warship Commanders


Robert Sydney Stafford, RN

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Ranks

1 Feb 1927Lt.
1 Feb 1935Lt.Cdr.
29 Aug 1944Cdr. (retired)


Retired: 29 Aug 1944

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Robert Sydney Stafford, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Ladybird (T 58)Lt.Cdr.River gunboat15 Mar 193811 Jan 1940
HMS Aphis (T 57)Lt.Cdr.River gunboat9 Feb 1940mid 1940
HMS Heythrop (L 85)Lt.Cdr.Escort destroyer25 Feb 194120 Mar 1942
HMS Whitehall (D 94)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer7 Jul 19428 Oct 1942

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Escort destroyer HMS Heythrop (L 85)


23 Dec 1941
HMS Heythrop (Lt.Cdr. R.S. Stafford, RN) picks up survivors from the British passenger ship Shuntien that was torpedoed and sunk northeast of Tobruk in position 32º06'N, 24º46'E by the German submarine U-559.

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