Hugh Waters Shelley Browning DSC, OBE, RN
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| Ranks
Retired: 12 Sep 1952 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Hugh Waters Shelley Browning, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Atherstone (L 05) | Cdr. | Escort destroyer | 12 Feb 1940 | Oct 1940 ? |
| HMS Blencathra (L 24) | Cdr. | Escort destroyer | 6 Nov 1940 | 26 Apr 1941 |
| HMAS Quiberon (G 81) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 14 Apr 1942 | 20 Jan 1943 |
| HMS Onslow (G 17) | Capt. | Destroyer | 9 Sep 1944 | 6 Sep 1945 |
| HMS Cossack (ii) (R 57) | Capt. | Destroyer | 20 Sep 1945 | Mar 1946 |
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Events related to this officer
Destroyer HMAS Quiberon (G 81)
28 Nov 1942
The Italian submarine Dessič was sunk off Annaba, Algeria by the British destroyer HMS Quentin (Lt.Cdr. A.H.P. Noble, RN) and the Australian destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Cdr. H.W.S. Browning, OBE, RN).
Destroyer HMS Onslow (G 17)
12 Jan 1945
The British heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk (Capt. J.G.Y. Loveband, RN with Rear-Admiral R.R. McGrigor, CB, DSO, RN aboard) and the light cruiser HMS Bellona (Capt. C.F.W. Norris, DSO, RN) escorted by the destroyers HMS Onslow (Capt. H.W.S. Browning, OBE, RN), HMS Orwell (Lt.Cdr. J.R. Gower, DSC, RN) and HMS Onslaught (Cdr. the Hon. A. Pleydell-Bouverie, RN) attack a German convoy of Egersund, Norway. Two German merchants, the Bahia Camarones (8551 GRT) and the Charlotte (4404 GRT) and the minelayer M 273 were sunk.