Allied Warship Commanders


Hugo Edward Forbes Tweedie DSC, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

1 Sep 1930S.Lt.
1 Dec 1931Lt.
1 Dec 1939Lt.Cdr.


Retired: 8 Mar 1950

Decorations

21 May 1942DSC
23 May 1944Bar to DSC

Warship Commands listed for Hugo Edward Forbes Tweedie, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Tynedale (L 96)Lt.Cdr.Escort destroyer7 Nov 194011 Sep 1942
HMS Loyal (G 15)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer22 Sep 1942Aug 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Loyal (G 15)


18 Jan 1943
The British destroyers HMS Lightning (Cdr. H.G. Walters, RN) and HMS Loyal (Lt.Cdr. H.E.F. Tweedie, RN) sink the German (former Norwegian) Favor (1323 GRT) south of Sardinia, Italy in position 38º40'N, 09º32'E.

7 May 1943
The German auxiliary minesweeper M 6616/Alba Eder (21 GRT) and the Italian tug Porto Cesareo (230 GRT) were sunk off Cape Bon, Tunisia by gunfire from the British destroyers HMS Laforey (Capt. R.M.J. Hutton, DSO, RN), HMS Loyal (Lt.Cdr. H.E.F. Tweedie, RN), HMS Tartar (Cdr. St.J.R.J. Tyrwhitt, RN) and HMS Nubian (Cdr. D.E. Holland-Martin, DSC, RN).

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