Allied Warship Commanders


John Hamilton Stubbs DSC, RCN

Born  5 Jun 1912
Died  29 Apr 1944(31)HMCS Athabaskan (i) (G 07)


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Ranks

1 May 1936Lt.
???A/Lt.Cdr.
1 May 1943Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

9 Sep 1944DSC (posthumous)

Warship Commands listed for John Hamilton Stubbs, RCN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Assiniboine (I 18)A/Lt.Cdr.Destroyer12 Feb 19411 Oct 1942
HMCS Athabaskan (i) (G 07)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer23 Oct 194329 Apr 1944 (+)

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMCS Assiniboine (I 18)


31 Aug 1941
HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. J.H. Stubbs, RCN) picks up 3 survivors from the British merchant Embassage that was torpedoed and sunk on 27 August 1941 by the German submarine U-557 about 100 nautical miles west of Achill Island in position 54º00'N, 13º00'W.

3 May 1942
HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. J.H. Stubbs, RCN) and HMCS Alberni (T/Lt. A.W. Ford, RCNR) together pick up 47 survivors from the British tanker British Workman that was torpedoed and sunk by the German sumarine U-455 south-south-east of Cape Race in position 44º07'N, 51º53'W.

9 Jun 1942
The destroyer HMCS Assiniboine (Cdr J.H. Stubbs, RCN) picks up the 4 survivors from the sunken corvette FFL Mimosa (J 6254). The other 65 crewmen perished in the sinking.

6 Aug 1942
The German submarine U-210 was sunk in the North Atlantic south of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 54º24'N, 34º37'W, by ramming, depth charges and gunfire from the Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. J.H. Stubbs, RCN).

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