Antony Fane de Salis DSO, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

15 Apr 1917Lt.
15 Apr 1925Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1938Capt.


Retired: 8 Jan 1948

Decorations

8 Aug 1941DSO

Warship Commands listed for Antony Fane de Salis, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Duncan (D 99)Capt.Destroyer2 Jan 1940Feb 1940
HMS Faulknor (H 62)Capt.Destroyer19 Feb 194026 Jan 1942
HMS Sussex (96)Capt.Heavy cruiser1 Dec 1944Oct 1945 ?

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Faulknor (H 62)


3 Feb 1941
HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.F. de Salis, RN) picks up 4 survivors from the British tanker British Premier that was torpedoed and sunk on 24 December 1940 by the German submarine U-65 200 nautical miles southwest of Freetown in position 06º20'N, 13º20'W.

8 Mar 1941
HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.F. de Salis, RN) picks up 61 survivors from the British merchant Harmodius that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-105 north-north-east of the Cape Verde Islands in position 20º35'N, 20º40'W.

HMS Faulknor also picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Hindpool that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 north of the Cape Verde Islands in position 20º51'N, 20º32'W.

HMS Faulknor, and HMS Forester together pick up 107 survivors from the British merchant Nardana that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-124 north of the Cape Verde Islands in position 20º51'N, 20º32'W.

20 May 1941
At 21.24 hours on 20 May 1941, the British merchant Javanese Prince is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-138 155 nautical miles northwest of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. One crew member was lost. The master, 45 crew members, eight gunners and four passengers were picked up by the British destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.F. de Salis, RN), HMS Lincoln (Lt. R.J. Hanson, RN) and the British rescue tug HMRT Assurance (Sub.Lt. E.E. Litts). All survivors were transferred to the British rescue ship Toward and landed at Gourock on 28 May.

18 Jun 1941
The German submarine U-138 was sunk west of Cadiz, in position 36º04'N, 07º29'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.F. de Salis, DSO, RN), HMS Fearless (Cdr. A.F. Pugsley, RN), HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Tancock, DSC, RN), HMS Foresight (Cdr. J.S.C. Salter, RN) and HMS Foxhound (Cdr. G.H. Peters, DSC, RN).


Heavy cruiser HMS Sussex (96)


26 Jul 1945
Her Task Force was attacked by 2 "Val" suicides (Mitsubishi type 99 dive-bombers): one was shot down by escort carrier Ameer and the second by Sussex. However, this latter one bounced on the surface of the sea and impacted the cruiser's hull above the waterline, causing a 2½ metre dent. Later in the same day Sussex downed another aircraft.

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