Allied Warship Commanders


John Leslie Younghusband DSC, RN

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Ranks

15 Mar 1918S.Lt.
15 Dec 1919Lt.
15 Dec 1927Lt.Cdr.
14 Jan 1946Cdr. (retired)

Decorations

11 Jul 1940DSC
27 Aug 1940Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for John Leslie Younghusband, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Wild Swan (D 62)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer31 Jul 193922 Aug 1940

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Wild Swan (D 62)


11 Mar 1940
The British destroyers HMS Broke (Cdr. B.G. Scurfield, RN) and HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Younghusband, RN) together pick up 42 survivors from the Dutch tanker Eulota that was torpedoed and sunk about 120 nautical miles west of Quessant in position 48º35'N, 08º22'W by the German submarine U-28

31 Jul 1940
HMS Whitshed (Cdr. E.R. Conder, DSC, RN) struck a mine off Harwich and was badly damaged. She was towed back to port by HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Younghusband, DSC, RN).

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