Allied Warship Commanders


Robert Ernest Brett DSO, DSC, RD, RNR

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

18 Jan 1934Lt.
18 Jan 1942Lt.Cdr.
???A/Cdr.
30 Jun 1946Cdr.
31 Dec 1953Capt.

Decorations

8 Jun 1943Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
17 Dec 1943DSO
7 Apr 1944RD
26 May 1944DSC
28 Nov 1944Mentioned in Despatches (MID)

Warship Commands listed for Robert Ernest Brett, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Seaham (J 123)Lt.Minesweeper1 Nov 194117 Jan 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Minesweeper HMS Seaham (J 123)


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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