William Edgar Slade Briggs DSC, RCNR
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| Ranks
Retired: 21 Nov 1945 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for William Edgar Slade Briggs, RCNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMCS Orillia (K 119) | T/Lt.Cdr. | Corvette | 21 Nov 1940 | 4 Sep 1942 |
| HMCS New Waterford (K 321) | T/Lt.Cdr. | Frigate | 24 Mar 1944 | 11 Nov 1945 |
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Corvette HMCS Orillia (K 119)
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 the German submarine U-203 in the North Atlantic south-east of Cape Farewell in position 55º23'N, 38º49'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 the German submarine U-652 north-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland in position 61º15'N, 41º05'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 the German submarine U-372 north-east of Cape Farewell in position 61º15'N, 41º05'W.