Rudland Dallas Cairns DSC, RN
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| Ranks
Retired: 15 Apr 1969 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Rudland Dallas Cairns, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS P 556 (P 556) | Lt. | Submarine | 15 Jun 1943 | 30 Aug 1943 |
| HMS Virtue (P 75) | Lt. | Submarine | 1 Dec 1943 | 3 Aug 1945 |
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Submarine HMS Virtue (P 75)
26 Jul 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) fires four torpedoes at the German sailing vessel Doxa (504 GRT) off Suda Bay, Crete. All torpedoes missed their target.
29 Jul 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) attacks a German sailing vessel with torpedoes and gunfire 13 nautical miles south-south-west of Milos, Greece but fails the sink the enemy vessel.
30 Jul 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) fires a torpedo against the small German merchant Dresden (120 GRT) east of Ananes Island, Greece. The torpedo however misses its target.
16 Aug 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sinks three sailing vessels with gunfire and ramming nine miles south of Milos, Greece.
19 Aug 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire south of Milos Island, Greece.
21 Aug 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire off Cape Spatha, Crete, Greece.
12 Sep 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) fires three torpedoes ' against what is identified as ' a auxiliary patrol vessel north-west of Psathoura Island, Greece. The torpedoes missed their target.
13 Sep 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) fires three torpedoes against the German auxiliary netlayer Piräus (670 GRT) in the Skiathos Channel, Greece. All torpedoes fires missed their target.
9 Oct 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Matthaios (35 GRT) with gunfire west of Cape Stavros, Crete in position 35º25'N, 24º57'E.
10 Oct 1944
While operating off Crete HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sinks the Greek sailing vessel Sophia (150 GRT) with gunfire in position 35º31'N, 25º12'E and the Greek sailing vessel Aghia Anna (50 GRT) with gunfire in position 35º32'N, 25º03'E.
11 Oct 1944
HMS Virtue (Lt. R.D. Cairns, DSC. RN) sinks a watercarrier and two smaller vessels with gunfire off Cape Dhia, Crete, Greece.