Russell Stanhope Brookes DSO, DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 1 Feb 1960 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Russell Stanhope Brookes, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 33 (N 33) | Lt. | Submarine | 8 Aug 1940 | 23 Nov 1940 |
| HMS Upright (N 89) | Lt. | Submarine | 24 Apr 1941 | 12 May 1941 |
| HMS Osiris (N 67) | Lt. | Submarine | 19 Sep 1941 | Apr/May 42 |
| HMS Clyde (N 12) | Lt. | Submarine | 1 May 1942 | 9 Sep 1944 |
| HMS Severn (N 57) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 21 Sep 1944 | 23 Dec 1944 |
| HMS Truant (N 68) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 6 Feb 1945 | late 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Clyde (N 12)
29 Nov 1942
The Italian blockade breaker Cortellazzo had departed Bordeaux bound for Japan on 29 November 1942. The next day the ship was spotted by a Sunderland flying boat. The British submarines HMS Graph (Lt. P.B. Marriot, RN), HMS Clyde (Lt. R.S. Brookes, DSC, RN), and HMS Sealion (Lt. D. Lambert, DSC, RN), were ordered to intercept but failed to do so.