Peter John Fitzgerald, RN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

15 Sep 1921Lt.
15 Sep 1929Lt.Cdr.
2 Jul 1940Cdr. (retired)


Retired: 22 Apr 1931

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Peter John Fitzgerald, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Belmont (H 46)Cdr. (retired)Destroyer8 Oct 194011 Jul 1941
HMS Churchill (I 45)Cdr. (retired)Destroyer3 Mar 194227 Feb 1943

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Churchill (I 45)


9 Jun 1942
HMS Churchill (Cdr. P.J. Fitzgerald, RN (retired)) picks up 37 survivors from the American tanker Franklin K. Lane that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-502 about 35 nautical miles north-east of Cape Blanco, Venezuela in position 11º12'N, 66º39'W. Churchill later sank the damaged tanker with gunfire.

13 Aug 1942
HMS Churchill (Cdr. P.J. Fitzgerald, RN (retired)) picks up 50 survivors from the American merchant Delmundo that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-600 about 18 nautical miles south of Cape Maysi, Cuba in position 19º55'N, 73º49'W.

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