Andrew Hedley Dobson, RCNR

Birth details unknown
Died  20 Sep 1943HMCS St. Croix (I 81)

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Warship Commands listed for Andrew Hedley Dobson, RCNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Napanee (K 118)Corvette10 Mar 19418 Dec 1941
HMCS St. Croix (I 81)Destroyer6 Jan 194220 Sep 1943 (+)

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMCS St. Croix (I 81)


24 Jul 1942
The German submarine U-90 was sunk in the Northern Atlantic, in position 48º12'N, 40º56'W by depth charges from the Canadian destroyer HMCS St Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, RCNR).

10 Sep 1942
At 21.10 hours on 10 September 1942 the German submarine U-659 attacked the convoy ON-127 southwest of Iceland and reported hits on two ships. In fact, two torpedoes hit the British tanker Empire Oil at the bow and stern and stopped the tanker. At 01.47 hours the next day, the German submarine U-584 sank the drifting Empire Oil with two coups de grâce. The master, 12 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the Canadian destroyer HMCS St Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.N. Dobson, RCNR) and landed at St.Johns on 15 September. 29 crew members and five gunners were picked up by the Canadian destroyer HMCS Ottawa (A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. Rutherford, RCN) On 14 September, 13 crew members and five gunners were lost when this destroyer was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-91.

4 Mar 1943
The German submarine U-87 was sunk west of Leixoes, in position 41º36'N, 13º31'W, by depth charges from the Canadian corvette HMCS Shediac (Lt. j.E. Clayton, RCNR) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR).

12 Apr 1943
The Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Camrose (Lt L.R. Pavillard, RCNVR) together pick up 28 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ingerfire that was torpedoed and sunk about 400 miles east of Newfoundland, Canada in position 51º29'N, 42º59'W.

12 Apr 1943
The Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (A/Lt.Cdr. A.H. Dobson, DSC, RCNR) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Camrose (Lt L.R. Pavillard, RCNVR) together pick up 28 survivors from the Norwegian merchant Ingerfire that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day about 400 miles east of Newfoundland, Canada in position 51º29'N, 42º59'W.

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