Rupert Cyril Egan DSO, DSC, RN
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Warship Commands listed for Rupert Cyril Egan, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Shearwater (L 39 / K 39) | Lt. | Patrol vessel | 20 Jan 1941 | 29 Jul 1941 |
| HMS Cotswold (L 54) | Lt.Cdr. | Escort destroyer | 27 Aug 1941 | ??? |
| HMS Croome (L 62) | Lt.Cdr. | Escort destroyer | Jul 1942 | Jan 1943 |
| HMS Petard (G 56) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | 1 Jan 1943 | Sep 1944 ? |
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Escort destroyer HMS Croome (L 62)
4 Aug 1942
The German submarine U-372 was sunk in the Mediterranean south-west of Haifa, in position 32º28'N, 34º37'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Sikh (Capt. St.J.A. Micklethwait, DSO and Bar, RN) and HMS Zulu (Cdr. R.T. White, DSO and Bar, RN) and the British escort destroyers HMS Croome (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Egan, RN) and HMS Tetcott (Lt. R.H. Rycroft, RN) and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (221 Sqdn.).
Destroyer HMS Petard (G 56)
4 May 1943
The British destroyers HMS Nubian (Cdr. D.E. Holland-Martin, DSC, RN), HMS Paladin (Lt.Cdr. L.St.G. Rich, RN) and HMS Petard (Lt.Cdr. R.C. Egan, RN) sinks the Italian transport ship Campo Basso (3566 GRT) and its escort the Italian torpedo boat Perseo (652 tons) about 8 nautical miles east of Kelibia, Tunisia.
12 Feb 1944
While escorting Convoy KR-8 on 12 February 1944, Petard (Cdr Rupert Egan) destroyed the Japanese B1 type submarine I-27 after it had sunk SS Khedive Ismail with the loss of 1,297 people. HMS Petard in remarkable in that she was the only allied warship to sink a German, and Italian and a Japanese submarine during WW2.