Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 7 Jul 1950 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Alecto (J 10) | Cdr. | Submarine Depot Ship | 1 Apr 1940 | 11 Jul 1940 |
| HMS Cyclops (F 31) | A/Capt. | Submarine Depot Ship | 11 Jul 1940 | 5 Apr 1943 |
| HMS Sirius (82) | Capt. | Light cruiser | Sep 1943 | 21 Aug 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
Light cruiser HMS Sirius (82)
7 Oct 1943
The Britsh light cruisers HMS Penelope (Capt. G.D. Belben, DSC, RN) and HMS Sirius (Capt. P.B.W. Brooking, DSO, RN) and the British destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, DSO, RN) and HMS Fury (Lt.Cdr. T.F. Taylor, RN), north of Astipalea (Stampalia) in the Dodecanese, attacked a German convoy consisting of the auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2111 (667 tons, former Italian Tramaglio), cargo Olympus (5216 GRT) and 7 MFPs, sinking all but one MFP.
On the return leg of the mission, the British were repeatedly attacked by German planes while transiting Karpathos Strait (Scarpanto).