Allied Warship Commanders


Charles Benjamin Blake, RNVR

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Ranks

28 Aug 1940T/Lt.
???T/A/Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

1 Jan 1941Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
24 Jul 1945Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for Charles Benjamin Blake, RNVR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Pincher (J 294)T/A/Lt.Cdr.Minesweeper28 Mar 1944Oct 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Minesweeper HMS Pincher (J 294)


22 Feb 1945
The German submarine U-300 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of Cadiz, in position 36º29'N, 08º20'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the British minesweepers HMS Recruit (A/Cdr. A.E. Doran, DSC, RN) and HMS Pincher (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.B. Blake, RNVR) and the British armed yacht Evadne (A/T/Lt.Cdr. N.H. Richards, RNR).

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