Allied Warship Commanders


Herbert James Beverley DSO, DSC, RNR

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Ranks

13 Mar 1940T/Lt.
???T/A/Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

1 Jan 1941DSC
30 Jul 1942DSO
13 Mar 1945Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for Herbert James Beverley, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS St. Kenan (FY 264)T/Lt.ASW Trawler24 Jun 194020 Jan 1941
HMS Vetch (K 132)T/A/Lt.Cdr.CorvetteJul 1941Mid 1943
HMS Bideford (L 43 / U 43)T/A/Lt.Cdr.Sloop1 Mar 1944Dec 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

ASW Trawler HMS St. Kenan (FY 264)


16 Aug 1940
HMS St. Kenan (T/Lt. H.J. Beverley, RNR) picks up nine survivors from the Swedish merchant Nils Gorthon that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-60 about 25 nautical miles north-north-east of Malin Head in position 55°45'N, 07°05'W.


Corvette HMS Vetch (K 132)


14 Apr 1942
The German submarine U-252 was sunk at 2230hrs on 14 April 1942 in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in approximate position 47º00'N, 18º14'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Stork (Cdr. F.J. Walker, DSO, RN) and the British corvette HMS Vetch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.J. Beverley, DSC, RNR).

25 May 1943
The German submarine U-414 was sunk in the western Mediterranean north-west of Tenés, in position 36º31'N, 00º40'E, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Vetch (T/A/Lt.Cdr. H.J. Beverley, DSO, DSC, RNR).

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