Allied Warship Commanders


Arthur Norman Blundell RD, RNR

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

23 Dec 1930S.Lt.
23 Dec 1932Lt.
23 Dec 1940Lt.Cdr.


Retired: 14 May 1949

Decorations

Dec 1943RD

Warship Commands listed for Arthur Norman Blundell, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Bradman (FY 189)Lt.ASW Trawler1 Oct 193925 Apr 1940
HMS Angle (FY 201)Lt.ASW Trawler20 Jun 194026 Oct 1940
HMS Marguerite (K 54)Lt.Corvette16 Oct 1940Jul 1943
HMS Parret (K 304)Lt.Cdr.Frigate31 Aug 19438 Dec 1943

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMS Marguerite (K 54)


19 Mar 1941
HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) picks up 62 survivors from the Dutch merchant Mandalika that was torpedoed and sunk east of the Canary Islands in position 18º16'N, 21º26'W by the German submarine U-105.

31 May 1941
The British merchant Sire is torpedoed and sunk west-south-west of Freetown in position 08º50'N, 15º30'W by the German submarine U-107. HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) later picks up 46 survivors.

1 Jun 1941
HMS Marguerite (Lt.Cdr. A.N. Blundell, RNR) picks up 62 survivors from the British merchant Alfred Jones that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-107 140 nautical miles west-south-west of Freetown in position 08º00'N, 15º00'W.

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