Edward Tyndale Cooper DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

15 Oct 1922S.Lt.
15 Sep 1924Lt.
15 Sep 1932Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1939Cdr.


Retired: 18 Jan 1949

Decorations

30 Sep 1941DSO
11 Jun 1946Bar to DSO
22 Apr 1947CBE

Warship Commands listed for Edward Tyndale Cooper, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Wishart (D 67)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer30 Jun 193916 Sep 1941

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Wishart (D 67)


27 Dec 1939
The German merchant Glücksburg (2680 GRT) was intercepted by HMS Wishart (Cdr. E.T. Cooper, RN) and was run aground by her crew near the Chipiona lightvessel, Spain.

12 Apr 1941
The British merchant St. Helena is torpedoed and sunk about 100 nautical miles south-west of Freetown in position 07º50'N, 14º00'W by the German submarine U-124. HMS Wishart (Cdr. E.T. Cooper, RN) later picks up 41 survivors.

27 Jun 1941
The Italian submarine Glauco was sunk west off Gibraltar in position 35º00'N, 12º41'E by the British destroyer HMS Wishart (Cdr. E.T. Cooper, RN).

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