Edward John Binfield DSC, RD, RNR
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 8 Apr 1956 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Edward John Binfield, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Rockrose (K 51) | Lt. | Corvette | 6 Jul 1942 | 16 Oct 1943 |
| HMS Derg (K 257) | Lt. | Frigate | 16 Oct 1943 | Oct 1944 |
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Events related to this officer
Corvette HMS Rockrose (K 51)
8 Oct 1942
HMS Rockrose (Lt. E.J. Binfield, RNR) picks up 42 survivors from the American merchant Chickasaw City that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the German submarine U-172 about 85 nautical miles south-south-west of Capetown, South-Africa in position 34º15'S, 17º11'E.
HMS Rockrose also picks up 28 survivors from the Panamanian merchant Firethorn that was also torpedoed and sunk the previous day by the same U-boat but about 60 nautical miles north-west of Capetown in position 34º13'S, 17º21'E.
10 Oct 1942
HMS Rockrose (Lt. E.J. Binfield, RNR) picks up 5 survivors from the Greek merchant Pantelis that was torpedoed and sunk two days earlier by the German submarine U-172 about 40 nautical miles south-west of Capetown, South Africa.
29 Oct 1942
The British merchant Ross is torpedoed and sunk of Cape Agulhas, South Africa in position 38º51'S, 21º40'E by the German submarine U-159. 39 survivors were later picked up by HMS Rockrose (Lt. E.J. Binfield, RNR).