Richard Vere Essex Case DSO, DSC, RD, RNR

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Ranks

3 Apr 1929 Lt.
3 Apr 1937 Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1942 Cdr.
31 Dec 1953 Capt.

Retired: 13 Apr 1959


Decorations

11 Jul 1940 DSC
16 Aug 1940 Bar to DSC
3 Mar 1941 RD
13 Apr 1943 DSO

Warship Commands listed for Richard Vere Essex Case, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Stella Capella (FY 107)Lt.Cdr.ASW Trawler5 Mar 194028 Aug 1940
HMS Campanula (K 18)Lt.Cdr.CorvetteAug 194015 Jan 1942
HMS Rother (K 224)Lt.Cdr.Frigate16 Jan 194216 Sep 1943

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMS Campanula (K 18)


23 Aug 1941
HMS Campanula (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSC, RNR) picks up 38 survivors from the British merchant Aldergrove that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-201 north-west of Lisbon, Portugal in position 40°43'N, 11°39'W.


Frigate HMS Rother (K 224)


12 Jul 1942
HMS Rother (Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSO, DSC and Bar, RD, RNR) picks up 3 survivors from the British merchant Port Hunter that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-582 west-south-west of Madeira in position 31°15'N, 23°50'W.

27 Aug 1943
German U-boat U-134 was sunk north of Cape Ortegal in position 44°03'N, 08°05'W by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Rother (Lt.Cdr. R.V.E. Case, DSO, DSC and Bar, RD, RNR).


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