Vivian Dickinson Hamlin Bidwell DSC, RNR
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Warship Commands listed for Vivian Dickinson Hamlin Bidwell, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Turquoise (T 45) | T/Lt. | ASW Trawler | 6 Nov 1940 | mid 1941 |
| HMS La Malouine (K 46) | T/Lt. | Corvette | 3 Jul 1941 | 10 May 1943 |
| HMS Labuan (K 584) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. | Frigate | 5 Feb 1944 | Jul 1945 ? |
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Events related to this officer
ASW Trawler HMS Turquoise (T 45)
19 Jun 1941
HMS Vanessa is damaged by a German aircraft while on patrol in the North Sea. She suffered a direct amidships, blowing up boilers, thr forefunnel was blasted overboard, and the deck opened up. Eleven ratings and the engineer officer were killed and many of the crew were injured and burned. The damaged destroyer collided with anti-submarine trawler HMS Turquoise. Vanessa was towed to Yarmouth by destroyer HMS Vesper.
Corvette HMS La Malouine (K 46)
5 Aug 1941
HMS La Malouine (T/Lt. V.D.H. Bidwell, RNR) picks up 59 survivors from the British merchant Kumasian that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-74 west of Ireland in position 53º26'N, 15º40'W.
9 Jul 1942
HMS La Malouine (Lt. V.D.H. Bidwell, RNR) picks up 30 survivors from the American merchant John Witherspoon that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-255 about 20 nautical miles from the shore of Novaya Zemlya in position 72º05'N, 48º30'E.
2 Apr 1943
HMS La Malouine (Lt. V.D.H. Bidwell, RNR) picks up survivors from the British merchant Katha that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-124 and sunk about 320 nautical miles west of Oporto, Portugal in position 41º02'N, 15º39'W.
Frigate HMS Labuan (K 584)
27 Feb 1945
The German submarine U-327 was sunk in the west part of the Channel, in position 49º46'N, 05º47'W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Labuan (T/A/Lt.Cdr. V.D.H. Bidwell, DSC, RNR) and HMS Loch Fada (Cdr. B.A. Rogers, RD, RNR) and the British sloop HMS Wild Goose (Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN).