James Ralph Drummond DSO, DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown | |||
| Died | 18 Jun 1944 | HMS Sickle (P 224) | |
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Warship Commands listed for James Ralph Drummond, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 32 (N 32) | Lt. | Submarine | 1 Aug 1942 | 4 Oct 1942 |
| HMS Sickle (P 224) | Lt. | Submarine | 5 Oct 1942 | 18 Jun 1944 (+) |
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Submarine HMS Sickle (P 224)
23 Apr 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) fires two torpedoes against the Italian merchant Mauro Croce (1049 GRT) off Sagunto, Spain. The torpedoes ran under the target and Sickle fired 19 rounds with her deck gun but failed to hit the target.
15 May 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ-2213/Heureux (1116 GRT) south of Nice, southern France in position 43º25'N, 07º25'E.
21 May 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) attackes the German submarine U-755 in position 42º50'N, 06º00'E but her torpedoes misses the target.
21 May 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German submarine U-303 south of Toulon, France in position 42º50N, 06º00E.
18 Jul 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweepers No. 61/ Costante Neri (100 GRT) and No. 164/ Rosa Madre (39 GRT) with gunfire 7 miles north of the island of Gorgona, Italy.
19 Jul 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper V 131/Amgiola Maria C. (65 GRT) with gunfire off Porto Vecchio, Italy.
21 Jul 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSC, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Oriani (2320 GRT) 8 miles west-north-west of Elba.
28 Aug 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German escort vessel SG-10/Felix Henri (2526 GRT) east of Corsica, France in position 42º24'N, 09º41'E.
The former fruit transport ship Felix Henri was modified into an auxiliary cruiser by the French in 1940. She was captured by German troops on 14 December 1942 in Marseilles, modified into the fast escort vessel SG-10, commissioned on 1 May 1943 and attached to the 3rd escort flotilla.
1 Oct 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) fires three torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2210 off Portoferraio, Elba Island, Italy. The three torpedoes missed their target.
18 Nov 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Leros island, Greece.
19 Nov 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant (in German service) Giovanni Boccaccio (3160 GRT) off Monemvasia, Greece.
25 Nov 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire near Milos island, Greece in position 37º22'N, 24º15'E.
26 Dec 1943
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks two Greek sailing vessel with gunfire east of Mykonos Island, Greece.
8 May 1944
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks three sailing vessels, with gunfire scuttling charges and ramming, in the Doro Channel (between Euboea Island and Andros Island).
12 May 1944
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Standia Island, Greece.
14 May 1944
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) claims the sinking of a sailing vessel with gunfire north of Rhetymon, Crete in position 36º00'N, 25º00'E.
6 Jun 1944
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) sinks the German merchant Reaumur (549 GRT) with gunfire in the Aegean between Andros and Skyros islands in position 38º24'N, 24º35'E.
9 Jun 1944
HMS Sickle (Lt. J.R. Drummond, DSO, DSC, RN) attacks the German transport Lola (309 GRT) to the west of Lemnos, Greece.