Allied Warship Commanders


Kenneth Hillam Fraser DSC, RN

Birth details unknown


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Ranks

15 Jun 1926S.Lt.
1 Aug 1928Lt.
1 Aug 1936Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1942Cdr.


Retired: 3 Dec 1952

Decorations

24 Jul 1945DSC
1 Jan 1947OBE

Warship Commands listed for Kenneth Hillam Fraser, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Vanquisher (D 54)Lt.Cdr.Destroyer8 Aug 193811 Oct 1939
HMS Catherine (J 12)Cdr.Minesweeper28 Aug 194415 May 1946

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Vanquisher (D 54)


11 Sep 1939
HMS Walker (Cdr. W.J.C. Robertson, RN) and HMS Vanquisher (Lt.Cdr. K.H. Fraser, RN) collide with each other about 200 nautical miles south-west of Cape Clear while escorting convoy OB 2. Both ships were heavily damaged. Vanquisher even had to be towed back to port. Vanquisher was under repair until early Janaury, Walker until mid-November.

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