Adrian Paul Northey DSC, RN

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Ranks

16 Nov 1933 S.Lt.
16 Nov 1935 Lt.
16 Nov 1943 Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1949 Cdr.
30 Jun 1954 Capt.

Decorations

27 Aug 1940 DSC
27 Aug 1940 Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
1 Dec 1942 Bar to DSC
2 Jun 1962 CBE

Warship Commands listed for Adrian Paul Northey, RN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Vimy (D 33)Lt.Destroyer28 May 194030 May 1940
HMS Vanquisher (D 54)Lt.Destroyer11 Aug 1940Feb 1941
HMS Scarborough (L 25 / U 25)Lt.SloopFeb 194128 Dec 1941
HMS Wilton (L 128)Lt.Escort destroyerDec 1941Nov 1943

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMS Vanquisher (D 54)


30 Nov 1940
HMS Vanquisher (Lt. A.P. Northey, DSC, RN) picks up 9 survivors from the Greek merchant Mount Athos that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-103 two days earlier about 200 nautical miles south-south-west of Rockall in position 54°30'N, 15°25'W.


Sloop HMS Scarborough (L 25 / U 25)


5 Apr 1941 (position 58.35, -20.20)
German U-boat U-76 was sunk south of Iceland, in position 58°35'N, 20°20'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Wolverine (Lt.Cdr. J.M. Rowland, RN) and the British sloop HMS Scarborough (Lt.Cdr. A.P. Northney, RN).


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