Richard Douglas Cayley DSO, RN
| Birth details unknown | |||
| Died | Jan 1943 | HMS P 311 | |
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Warship Commands listed for Richard Douglas Cayley, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Utmost (N 19) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 30 Jan 1941 | 4 Apr 1942 |
| HMS P 311 (P 311) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 8 Jun 1942 | 8 Jan 1943 |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Utmost (N 19)
12 Feb 1941
HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Manfredo Camperio (5463 GRT) off Tripoli, Libya in position 35º41'N, 23º01'E.
9 Mar 1941
HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Capo Vita (5683 GRT) about 30 nautical miles north-east of Sousse, Tunisia in position 36º09'N, 11º07'E.
28 Mar 1941
HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) attacks a convoy of 5 German merchants and three Italian destroyers and torpedoes and sinks the German merchants Heraklea (1927 GRT) and torpedoed and damages the Ruhr (5954 GRT) 22 nautical miles south-east of Kuriat, Tunisia in position 35º40'N, 11º19'E.
30 May 1941
HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) makes a torpedo attack on a convoy made up of the German merchant Tilly L.M. Russ (1600 GRT) and the Italian merchant Cadamosto (989 GRT) escorted by the Italian torpedo boats Pallade and Polluce off Sirte. All torpedoes fired missed their targets.
26 Jun 1941
HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Enrico Costa (4080 BRT) 4 nautical miles from Cape Todaro, Sicily, Italy in position 38º07'N, 14º37'E.
At 1200 hours a part laden merchant ship of about 6000 tons was sighted bearing 060, 5 nautical miles away. Utmost closed to 1100 yards and fired two torpedoes. One of the torpedoes hit amidships. The crew abandoned ship but this did not sink. Utmost later fired a third torpedo that hit and sank the ship
28 Jul 1941
HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Frederico C. (1466 GRT) in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea of the west coast of Calabria, Italy in position 39º28'N, 15º52'E.
1 Nov 1941
HMS Utmost (Lt. J.D. Martin, RN) destroys the (already grounded and damaged) Italian merchant Marigola (5996 GRT) off Kuriat Island, Tunisia.
2 Nov 1941
ORP Sokol (Lt.Cdr. B. Karnicki) and HMS Utmost (Lt. J.D. Martin, RN) together sink the Italian merchant Balilla (2469 BRT) about 20 nautical miles north-west of Capo San Vito, Sicily, Italy in position 38º22'N, 12º20'E.
12 Dec 1941
HMS Utmost (Lt.Cdr. R.D. Cayley, RN) attacks the Italian merchant Fabio Filzi (6836 GRT) in the Gulf of Taranto in position 39º47'N, 17º22'E. Both torpedoes fired missed their target.
Submarine HMS P 311 (P 311)
13 Sep 1942
After a period of trials and training HMS P 311 (Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) departs from Holy Loch for Plymouth. She has to be modified at the Devonport Dockyard to carry the containers that hold the Chariot human torpedoes.
15 Sep 1942
HMS P 311 (Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) arrives at Plymouth. After disembarking ammunition and torpedoes she enters Devonport Dockyard on the 17th.
5 Oct 1942
HMS P 311 (Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) is undocked at the Devonport Dockyard.
10 Oct 1942
HMS P 311 (Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) is docked again at the Devonport Dockyard. She is undocked the next day.
31 Oct 1942
HMS P 311 (Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) is still in dockyard hands at the Devonport Dockyard. No logs are available after this date so her subsequent movements are not known. She must have left in early November 1942 to a secret base in North-West Scotland to take on board the Chariot human torpedoes.
12 Nov 1942
HMS P 311 (Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) departs from Eddrachilles Bay (on the North-West coast of Scotland) bound for Malta. She is not stop at Gibraltar so not to alert the German and Italian spies stationed in 'neutral' Spain on the Chariot containers on her deck.
30 Nov 1942
HMS P 311 (Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) arrives at Malta.
28 Dec 1942
HMS P 311 (Cdr. R.D. Cayley, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) departs from Malta for a Chariot attack on La Maddalena.