Allied Warship Commanders


Francis Stephen Walter de Winton, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

15 Nov 1917Lt.
15 Nov 1925Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1931Cdr.
31 Dec 1938Capt.


Retired: 8 Jan 1948

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Francis Stephen Walter de Winton, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Keppel (D 84 / I 84)Capt.Destroyer31 May 19391 Dec 1939
HMS Rotherham (H 09)Capt.Destroyer23 Jun 194216 Aug 1944

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Keppel (D 84 / I 84)


24 Oct 1939
HMS Keppel (Capt. F.S.W. De Winton, RN) picks up 31 survivors from the British merchant Tafna that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-37 84 miles west of Gibraltar in position 35º44'N, 07º23'W.

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