William Edgar Slade Briggs DSC, RCNR

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Ranks

5 Sep 1939 T/Lt.
??? T/Lt.Cdr.
1 Jul 1944 T/A/Cdr.
21 Nov 1945 T/Cdr.

Retired: 21 Nov 1945


Decorations

13 Jun 1942 DSC

Warship Commands listed for William Edgar Slade Briggs, RCNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Orillia (K 119)T/Lt.Cdr.Corvette21 Nov 19404 Sep 1942
HMCS New Waterford (K 321)T/Lt.Cdr.Frigate24 Mar 194411 Nov 1945

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMCS Orillia (K 119)


10 Jun 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMCS Orillia (T/Lt.Cdr. W.E.S. Briggs, RCNR) picks up 19 survivors from the Greek merchant Dirphys that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-108 in the North Atlantic about 550 nautical miles east of Newfoundland in position 47°44’N, 39°02’W.

24 Jun 1941
HMCS Orillia (T/Lt.Cdr. W.E.S. Briggs, RCNR) picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Kinross that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-203 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell in position 55°23'N, 38°49'W.

10 Sep 1941
HMCS Orillia (T/Lt.Cdr. W.E.S. Briggs, RCNR) begins to tow the damaged British merchant Tachee to Iceland. The Tachee was torpedoed and damaged the previous day by German U-boat U-652 north-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland in position 61°15'N, 41°05'W.

19 Sep 1941
HMCS Orillia (T/Lt.Cdr. W.E.S. Briggs, RCNR) picks up 39 survivors from the British merchant Baron Pentland that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-372 north-east of Cape Farewell in position 61°15'N, 41°05'W.


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