Christopher Henry Petrie DSO, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 1 Jul 1920 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Christopher Henry Petrie, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Comorin (F 49) | A/Capt. (retired) | Armed Merchant Cruiser | 30 Sep 1939 | Oct 1939 |
| HMS Bulolo (F 82) | A/Capt. (retired) | Armed Merchant Cruiser | 27 Oct 1939 | 15 Oct 1940 |
| HMS Glengyle (4.196) | A/Capt. (retired) | Landing Ship Infantry | 2 Dec 1940 | 29 Jun 1942 |
Career information
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Events related to this officer
Landing Ship Infantry HMS Glengyle (4.196)
7 Jun 1941
Around 1200C/7, ' Force C ', the landing force, departed Port Said for Syria. Force C was made up of the transport HMS Glengyle (A/Capt.(Retd.) C.H. Petrie, RN), AA cruiser HMS Coventry (A/Capt. W.P. Carne, RN) and the destroyers HMS Ilex (Capt. H.St.L. Nicholson, DSO and Bar, RN), HMS Isis (Cdr. C.S.B. Swinley, DSC, RN) and HMS Hotspur (Lt.Cdr. C.P.F. Brown, DSC, RN). On board HMS Glengyle were troops (27 officers and 456 men).
[For more information on the attack on the Vichy-French colony of Syria and subsequent momevents see the event ' The Syrian campaign ' for 6 June 1941.] (1)
24 Jan 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Glengyle (A/Capt.(Retd.) C.H. Petrie, DSO and Bar, RN) is undocked at Malta. (2)
Sources
- ADM 199/679
- ADM 53/116423
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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