Allied Warship Commanders


Hugh Patrick de Crery Steele, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

15 Jan 1925S.Lt.
15 Oct 1927Lt.
15 Oct 1935Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1941Cdr.


Retired: 19 Sep 1949

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Hugh Patrick de Crery Steele, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Triton (N 15)Lt.Cdr.Submarine7 Jun 193825 Nov 1939
HMS Oberon (N 21)Lt.Cdr.Submarine28 Dec 19411 Jan 1942

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine HMS Triton (N 15)


10 Sep 1939
HMS Triton (Lt.Cdr. H.P. De C. Steele, RN) torpedoes and sinks (in error) the British submarine HMS Oxley (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Bowerman, RN) some 28 nautical miles south-south-west of Stavanger, Norway in position 58º30'N, 05º30'E. Triton picked up two survivors, one of these was Lt.Cdr. Bowerman.

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