Allied Warship Commanders


Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown DSC, RN

Born  1 Nov 1904Malvern, Worcestershire
Died  24 Oct 1980(75)Tunbridge Wells, Kent


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Ranks

30 Jul 1925S.Lt.
30 Oct 1926Lt.
30 Oct 1934Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1942Cdr.


Retired: 16 Aug 1949

Decorations

3 Dec 1940DSC
11 Nov 1941Bar to DSC

Warship Commands listed for Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Gallant (H 59)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer22 Jul 1938Jan 1941
HMS Hotspur (H 01)Lt.Cdr.DestroyerJan 1941Jun 1941
HMS Lookout (G 32)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer21 Oct 19411 Aug 1942
HMS Pickle (J 293)Cdr.Minesweeper19 Feb 1945Oct 1945 ?

Career information

He was educated at RNC Osborne from 1917 and Dartmouth 1919. He went to sea in 1921 and served in HMS Thunderer, Wryneck, Wild Swan, Frobisher, and Swiftsure. He served as flag lieutenant in HMS Nelson, Rodney, and Queen Elizabeth. Brown commanded HMS Waterhen, Crusader, Hotspur, Gallant, Lookout, Pickle, Meon, Eskimo, Derby Haven, and Dido before retiring in 1949. He was awarded the DSC in the War. After his death the Commander C.P.F.Brown award for promising sea cadets was set up in his memory.

Cecil Powis Frobisher Brown died at the Pembury Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent after being struck by a car on 24 Oct 1980. He was 75 years old.


Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Gallant (H 59)


27 May 1940
In the evening, the Polish destroyer Blyskawica recieved orders to meet with the British destroyers HMS Gallant and HMS Vivacious to enter the small port of La Panne (in the Dunkirk area) and evacuate part of RAF personnel. Unfortunely, she failed to find her partners and didn't complete the task. Instead of this, she was ordered to enter Dunkirk harbor together with the British destroyer HMS Vega and conduct a night reconnisance mission. The Admirality wanted to find out, if this harbor (partially blocked by wrecks) may be useful in Allied evacuation. Both destroyers were attacked by two German aircraft, but inspected the positions of wrecks. After that, Admiral Ramsey learned that navy vessels are able to conduct evacuation from Dunkirk and sent part of them there.

20 Oct 1940
The Italian submarine Lafolè was sunk north off Melilla in position 36º00'N, 03º00'W by the British destroyers HMS Gallant (Lt.Cdr. C.P.F. Brown, RN), HMS Hotspur (Cdr. H.F.H. Layman, DSO, RN) and HMS Griffin (Lt.Cdr. J. Lee-Barber, DSO, RN).

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