William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye, RN
| Birth details unknown | |||
| Died | 13 Feb 1942 | HMS Tempest | |
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Warship Commands listed for William Alexander Keith Napier Cavaye, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 43 (N 43) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 7 Oct 1939 | Feb 1940 |
| HMS Ursula (N 59) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 7 Apr 1940 | 16 Oct 1940 |
| HMS Tribune (N 76) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 26 Jun 1941 | 23 Aug 1941 |
| HMS Tempest (N 86) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 8 Oct 1941 | 13 Feb 1942 (+) |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Tribune (N 76)
3 Jul 1941
HMS Tribune (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) is docked at Blyth.
10 Jul 1941
HMS Tribune (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) is undocked.
Submarine HMS Tempest (N 86)
2 Dec 1941
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) departs her builders yard at Liverpool for Holy Loch.
3 Dec 1941
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) arrives at Holy Loch for a period of trials and exercises.
3 Jan 1942
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) departs Holy Loch for Gibraltar.
For the daily and attack positions of HMS Tempest during this passage see the map below.
HMS Tempest passage Holy Loch - Gibraltar click here for bigger map
11 Jan 1942
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) arrives at Gibraltar.
21 Jan 1942
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) departs Gibraltar for her 1st war patrol. This is a work up patrol in the Alboran Sea (East of Gibraltar).
(As no log is available for this period it is not possible to display a map.)
27 Jan 1942
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) ends her 1st war patrol at Gibraltar.
1 Feb 1942
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) departs Gibraltar for Malta.
(As no log is available for this period it is not possible to display a map.)
8 Feb 1942
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) arrives at Malta.
10 Feb 1942
HMS Tempest (Lt.Cdr. W.A.K.N. Cavaye, RN) departs Malta for her 2nd war patrol. She is to patrol in the Gulf of Taranto in a line with HMS Una (Lt. D.S.R. Martin, RN) and HMS Upright (Lt. J.W.D. Coombe, RN). HMS Tempest was in the centre of this patrol line.
At the end of this patrol Tempest was to proceed to Alexandria to join the 1st Submarine Flotilla.