Richard Gatehouse DSC, RN
| Birth details unknown |
| Ranks
Retired: 28 Jan 1958 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Richard Gatehouse, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Tribune (N 76) | Lt. | Submarine | 11 Dec 1941 | 16 Jan 1942 |
| HMS H 34 (N 34) | Lt. | Submarine | 17 Jan 1942 | 13 May 1942 |
| HMS Sportsman (P 229) | Lt. | Submarine | 23 Sep 1942 | 30 Aug 1944 |
| HMS Otway (N 51) | Lt. | Submarine | 9 Sep 1944 | 30 Jan 1945 |
| HMS Astute (P 447) | Lt. | Submarine | 30 Jan 1945 | 13 Nov 1946 |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Sportsman (P 229)
19 May 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French passenger ship Général Bonaparte (2795 GRT) off Nice, southern France in position 43º01'N, 07º40'E.
26 May 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) fires 6 torpedoes at the French tanker Marguerite Finaly (12309 GRT) off southern France in position 42º53'N, 06º08'E. The torpedoes however miss the target.
29 Jun 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bolzaneto (2220 GRT) 10 nautical miles bearing 270 of La Spezia, Italy.
1 Jul 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) attacks a landing craft with gunfire in the Ligurian Sea off Porto Maurizio. The attack had to be broken off because the gun jammed.
6 Sep 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian fishing vessels Angiolina P (39 GRT) and Maria Luisa B (37 GRT) with gunfire in the port of Aléria, Corsica, France.
28 Sep 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) sinks the Italian sailing vessel Angiolina (39 GRT) off Corsica.
15 Nov 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire between Naxos and Mykonos, Greece.
19 Dec 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire south of Lemnos Island, Greece.
21 Dec 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) attacks and damages the Greek sailing vessel Spiridon with gunfire south of Lemnos island.
23 Dec 1943
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Bulgarian troop transport Balkan (3838 GRT) south of Moudros, Lemnos Island, Greece in position 39º44'N, 25º16'E.
8 Feb 1944
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German transport Petrella (former French Aveyron, 4785 GRT) north of Suda Bay, Crete in position 35º32'N, 24º18'E. 2670 out of 3173 Italian POWs who were aboard Petrella where killed. The German guards did not open the POW rooms and fired at them while they tried to break out.
28 Mar 1944
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the small German tanker MT 3/Vienna (425 GRT) off Monemvassia, Greece.
31 Mar 1944
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German sailing vessel Grauer Ort (212 GRT) off Cape Maleas, Greece.
28 Apr 1944
HMS Sportsman (Lt. R. Gatehouse, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Lüneburg (5809 GRT, former Greek Constantin Louloudis) north of Iraklion, Crete, Greece in position 35º26'N, 25º07'E.