Thomas Frederick Taylor DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 5 Mar 1954 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Thomas Frederick Taylor, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Wolsey (L 02) | Lt. | Destroyer | 12 Jan 1942 | Jul 1943 |
| HMS Fury (H 76) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 10 Aug 1943 | mid 1944 |
| HMS Teazer (R 23) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 5 Jan 1945 | Mar 1946 |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMS Fury (H 76)
7 Oct 1943
The Britsh light cruisers HMS Penelope (Capt. G.D. Belben, DSC, RN) and HMS Sirius (Capt. P.B.W. Brooking, DSO, RN) and the British destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, DSO, RN) and HMS Fury (Lt.Cdr. T.F. Taylor, RN), north of Astipalea (Stampalia) in the Dodecanese, attacked a German convoy consisting of the auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2111 (667 tons, former Italian Tramaglio), cargo Olympus (5216 GRT) and 7 MFPs, sinking all but one MFP.
On the return leg of the mission, the British were repeatedly attacked by German planes while transiting Karpathos Strait (Scarpanto).