Allied Warship Commanders


Dickson Carlile Wallace DSC, RD, RCNR

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

11 Jul 1933Lt.
???A/Lt.Cdr.
11 Jul 1941Lt.Cdr.
1 Jul 1942A/Cdr.
1 Jul 1943Cdr.
1 Jul 1950Capt. (retired)


Retired: 24 Nov 1945

Decorations

9 Jan 1943DSC
19 Jan 1945RD
11 Dec 1945OBE

Warship Commands listed for Dickson Carlile Wallace, RCNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Comox (J 64)Lt.Minesweeper27 May 194027 Jul 1940
HMCS St. Clair (I 65)A/Lt.Cdr.Destroyer24 Sep 19405 Apr 1942
HMCS Saguenay (D 79)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer8 Apr 194214 Jan 1943
HMCS Qu'appelle (H 69)Cdr.Destroyer8 Feb 194419 Apr 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMCS St. Clair (I 65)


17 Jan 1942
The norwegian tanker Nyholt is torpedoed and sunk about 180 nautical miles south of Cape Race in position 45º46'N, 54º18'W by the German submarine U-87. HMCS St. Clair (Lt.Cdr. D.C. Wallace, RCNR) later picks up 23 survivors (two of these died later).

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