Allied Warship Commanders


David Swanston DSO, DSC, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

1 Oct 1939S.Lt.
1 Jan 1941Lt.
1 Jan 1949Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1953Cdr.


Retired: 29 Jul 1955

Decorations

12 Aug 1941DSC
5 Jan 1943Bar to DSC
10 Apr 1945DSO

Warship Commands listed for David Swanston, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Upright (N 89)Lt.SubmarineJun 19421 Jul 1942
HMS H 43 (N 43)Lt.Submarine6 Feb 19432 Apr 1943
HMS Graph (P 715)Lt.Submarine3 Apr 194321 Jun 1943
HMS Shakespeare (P 221)Lt.Submarine6 Mar 1944???

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Submarine HMS Graph (P 715)


9 May 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Holy Loch for Barrow.

10 May 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) arrives at Barrow.

19 May 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Barrow for Holy Loch.

20 May 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) arrives at Holy Loch.

5 Jun 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Holy Loch for Dundee.

8 Jun 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) arrives at Dundee.

10 Jun 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Dundee bound for Chatham.

12 Jun 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) arrives at Sheerness.

13 Jun 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) departs Sheerness ad arrives at Chatham shortly afterwards.

21 Jun 1943
HMS Graph (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) is put into dockyard control at the Chatham Dockyard.

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