Allied Warship Commanders


Charles George Palmer DSC, RNZNVR

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

19 Jun 1931S.Lt.
19 Jun 1934Lt.
19 Dec 1941Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

1 Jan 1942DSC
9 May 1944Bar to DSC

Warship Commands listed for Charles George Palmer, RNZNVR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Pine (T 101)Lt.MS Trawler23 Jul 1940Nov 1941
HMS Cromarty (J 09)Lt.Minesweeper2 Nov 194123 Nov 1943

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Minesweeper HMS Cromarty (J 09)


12 Jul 1943
The Italian submarine Bronzo was captured off Syracuse, Sicily by the British minesweepers HMS Seaham (Lt.Cdr. R.E. Brett, RNR), HMS Boston (Lt. D.H.G. Coughlan, RNR), HMS Poole (Lt. W.L.G. Dutton, RNR) and HMS Cromarty (Lt.Cdr. C.G. Palmer, DSC, RNZNVR).

Bronzo was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS P 714. On 29 Janaury 1944 she was transferred to the Free French as Narval.

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