Allied Warship Commanders


Douglas William MacKendrick, RN

Birth details unknown
Died  21 Dec 1941HMS Audacity


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Ranks

15 Mar 1926Lt.
15 Mar 1934Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1937Cdr.

Decorations

10 Mar 1942Mentioned in Despatches (MID) (posthumous)

Warship Commands listed for Douglas William MacKendrick, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Audacity (D 10)Cdr.Escort carrier10 May 194121 Dec 1941 (+)

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Escort carrier HMS Audacity (D 10)


17 Dec 1941
The German submarine U-131 was sunk north-east of Madeira, Portugal, in position 34º12'N, 13º35'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the British escort destroyers HMS Exmoor (Lt.Cdr. L.StG. Rich, RN) and HMS Blankney(Lt.Cdr. P.F. Powlett, DSC, RN), the British destroyer HMS Stanley (Lt.Cdr. D.B. Shaw, OBE, RN), the British corvette HMS Pentstemon (Lt.Cdr. J. Byron, RNR (retired)) and the British sloop HMS Stork (Cdr. F.J. Walker, RN), and by depth charges from a Martlet aircraft (Sqdn. 802) of the British escort carrier HMS Audacity (Cdr. D.W. Mackendrick, RN).

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