Allied Warship Commanders


William Stratford Clouston DSC, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

1 Nov 1929S.Lt.
1 Apr 1931Lt.
1 Apr 1939Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1944Cdr.


Retired: 14 Feb 1949

Decorations

5 Jan 1944DSC

Warship Commands listed for William Stratford Clouston, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Cleveland (L 46)Lt.Cdr.Escort destroyer31 Jul 194010 Oct 1941
HMS Inconstant (H 49)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer3 Feb 19421 May 1943
HMS Scorpion (G 72)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer5 Apr 1943Oct 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Inconstant (H 49)


12 Dec 1942
The British merchant Empire Gull is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-177 in the Mozambique Channel west of Maputo, Portuguese East Africa in position 26º15'S, 34º40'E. Later the British destroyer HMS Inconstant (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Clouston, RN) and the British corvette HMS Freesia (Lt. R.A. Cherry, RNR) together pick up 44 survivors.

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