Alfred Creighton Collinson, RN
| Born | 17 May 1893 | Lutterworth, England, U.K. | |
| Died | 6 Aug 1970 | (77) | Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, U.K. |
| Ranks
Retired: 5 Jul 1945 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Alfred Creighton Collinson, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Danae (D 44) | Capt. | Light cruiser | 31 Jul 1939 | 15 Dec 1939 |
| HMS Durban (D 99) | Capt. | Light cruiser | 15 Dec 1939 | 26 Jan 1940 |
| HMS Danae (D 44) | Capt. | Light cruiser | 7 Feb 1940 | 27 Nov 1940 |
Career information
Taken POW by the Japanese at the fall of Hong Kong.Events related to this officer
Light cruiser HMS Danae (D 44)
25 Aug 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1015A/25, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Portsmouth for Gibraltar. (1)
28 Aug 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0815A/28, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Gibraltar from Portsmouth.
After having fuelled she departed Gibraltar for Freetown around 1700A/28. (1)
2 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0800N/2, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Freetown from Gibraltar. (2)
3 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0115N/3, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Freetown for Simonstown. (2)
13 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0845B/13, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Simonstown from Freetown. (2)
14 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1630B/14, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Simonstown for patrol / exercises. She is ordered to patrol west of the Cape of Good Hope. (2)
15 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 2020B/15, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) returned to Simonstown from patrol / exercises. (2)
18 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1830B/18, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Simonstown for patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the west coast of South Africa. (2)
21 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1115B/21, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Simonstown from patrol. (2)
25 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) conducted gunnery exercises in False Bay. (2)
28 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0800B/28, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Simonstown for Walvis Bay. (2)
30 Sep 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1115B/30, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Walvis Bay from Simonstown.
Around 1610B/30, she departed Walvis Bay for patrol. (2)
3 Oct 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1430B/3, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Simonstown from patrol. (3)
9 Oct 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1145B/9, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Simonstown for patrol. She is ordered to patrol west of the Cape of Good Hope. (3)
10 Oct 1939
Around 1800B/10, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Capetown from patrol. (3)
11 Oct 1939
Around 0815B/11, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Capetown.
Around 1530B/11, she took over the escort of the liner / troop transport Strathaird (British, 22281 GRT, built 1932). This ship had been escorted out of Capetown by HMS Auckland (Capt. J.T. Borrett, OBE, RN).
HMS Danae was to escort the Strathaird to Lagos. (3)
18 Oct 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0940A/18, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) and the liner / troop transport Strathaird (British, 22281 GRT, built 1932) arrived at Lagos from Capetown.
HMS Danae then fuelled from the RFA tanker Oligarch (6894 GRT, built 1918) before departing again around 1700A/18 now escorting the liner / troop transport Athlone Castle (British, 25564 GRT, built 1936) to Capetown via St. Helena. (3)
22 Oct 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1100A/22, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) and the liner / troop transport Athlone Castle (British, 25564 GRT, built 1936) arrived at St. Helena from Lagos.
The troopship then landed the new garrison and embarked the majority of the old garrison.
Around 1915A/22, they departed St. Helena for Capetown. (3)
28 Oct 1939
Around 0545A/28, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) and the liner / troop transport Athlone Castle (British, 25564 GRT, built 1936) arrived off Capetown. HMS Auckland (Capt. J.T. Borrett, OBE, RN) which was on A/S patrol off Capetown then took over the escort and escorted the liner / troop transport into harbour before resuming her patrol.
HMS Danae proceeded to Simonstown where she arrived around 1110A/28. (4)
2 Nov 1939
Around 1600B/2, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Simonstown for Hong Kong via Mauritius, Colombo and Singapore. She is to join the China Station. (5)
10 Nov 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0700D/10, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Mauritius from Simonstown. She departed for Colombo around 1630D/10 having fuelled from the RFA tanker Olcades (6891 GRT, built 1918). (6)
14 Nov 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0815E/14, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) anchored at Diego Garcia. She left again around 1220E/14 to continue her passage to Colombo. (6)
18 Nov 1939
Around 1100EF/18, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Colombo from Mauritius. (6)
22 Nov 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1545EF/22, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Colombo for Singapore. (6)
27 Nov 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1015GH/27, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore from Colombo. (6)
29 Nov 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0930GH/29, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore for Hong Kong. (6)
4 Dec 1939
Around 1050H/4, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Hong Kong from Singapore. At Hong Kong she is to refit. (7)
7 Dec 1939
On completion of de-ammunitioning and de-fuelling, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) is taken in hand for refit at the Hong Kong Dockyard. This refits main purpose was the re-tubing of the ships boilers. (7)
Light cruiser HMS Durban (D 99)
16 Dec 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Durban (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Hong Kong to make rendezvous of Cape St. Jacques with French transports and escort them to Singapore. (8)
21 Dec 1939 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Durban (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore. (9)
26 Dec 1939
HMS Durban (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore to patrol in the Sunda Strait and along the south-west coast of Sumatra. (9)
9 Jan 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Durban (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) returned to Singapore from patrol. (10)
12 Jan 1940
HMS Durban (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore to escort the (troop) transport Talma (British, 10000 GRT, built 1923) part of the way to Colombo.
The (troop) transport was turned over to the armed merchant cruiser HMS Carthage (Capt.(Retd.) B.O. Bell-Salter, RN) at 0715G/15. (11)
16 Jan 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Durban (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) made a short call at Nancowry Island. (10)
20 Jan 1940
HMS Durban (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) and the (troop) transport Nevasa (British, 9213 GRT, built 1913) arrived at Singapore. (10)
Light cruiser HMS Danae (D 44)
7 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
At Hong Kong, Admiral P.L.H. Noble, KCB, CVO, RN (C-in-C, China Station) struck his flag on board HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) transferring it to HMS Liverpool (Capt. P.A. Read, RN). (12)
15 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) is docked at the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd. Shipyard. (12)
18 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) is undocked. (12)
26 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
with her refit completed, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) conducted full power trials off Hong Kong. (12)
27 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) and HMS Scout (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Holmes, RN) conducted exercises off Hong Kong.
HMS Danae also carried out D/F calibration trials. (12)
29 Feb 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) conducted gunnery, torpedo firing and night encounter exercises off Hong Kong. HMS Scout (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Holmes, RN) was with her during these exercises. (12)
1 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) conducted torpedo firing exercises off Hong Kong. (13)
3 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
At Hong Kong, Admiral P.L.H. Noble, KCB, CVO, RN (C-in-C, China Station) struck his flag on board HMS Liverpool (Capt. P.A. Read, RN) transferring it to HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN). (13)
4 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN, flying the flag of Admiral P.L.H. Noble, KCB, CVO, RN (C-in-C, China Station)) conducted exercises off Hong Kong. (13)
6 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN, flying the flag of Admiral P.L.H. Noble, KCB, CVO, RN (C-in-C, China Station)) conducted exercises off Hong Kong. (13)
8 Mar 1940
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) conducted exercises off Hong Kong. These included gunnery and torpedo firing exercises. During the torpedo firing exercises HMS Thanet (Lt.Cdr. J. Mowlam, RN) acted as target.
On completion of these exercises, HMS Danae departed Hong Kong for Singapore via Jesselton, Borneo (now called Kota Kinabalu).
[Though not listed in the ships log, Admiral P.L.H. Noble, KCB, CVO, RN (C-in-C, China Station) must have stuck his flag on board HMS Danae before departure.] (13)
12 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0930H/12, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Jesselton from Hong Kong. (13)
14 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0800H/14, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Jesselton for Singapore. (13)
16 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1000GH/16, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore from Jesselton. (13)
21 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1400GH/21, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore for patrol. She is to patrol near Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies. (13)
29 Mar 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
In the early morning hours, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) fuelled from the RFA tanker Pearleaf (5911 GRT, built 1917). (13)
5 Apr 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around noon, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) fuelled from the RFA tanker Pearleaf (5911 GRT, built 1917). (14)
9 Apr 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1200GH/9, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore from patrol. (14)
11 Apr 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore to patrol off Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. (14)
13 Apr 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
In the early evening, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) fuelled from the tanker Pearleaf (5911 GRT, built 1917). (14)
17 Apr 1940
Shortly after 0400GH/17, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) intercepted and captured the Danish merchant vessel Chilean Reefer (British, 1739 GRT, built 1936) south-west of Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, in position 01°30'S, 100°11'E.
The captured ship was sent to Singapore with a prize crew. (14)
19 Apr 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
In the morning, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) fuelled from the RFA tanker Appleleaf (5891 GRT, built 1917). (14)
21 Apr 1940
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) is relieved on patrol near Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, by HMS Durban (Capt. L.S. Saunders, RN).
HMS Danae then set course to proceed to Penang. (14)
23 Apr 1940
Around 1345GH/23, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Penang from patrol. (14)
27 Apr 1940
Around 1100GH/27, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Penang for a patrol off Sabang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. (14)
6 May 1940
Around 2230GH/4, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) returned to Penang from patrol. (15)
9 May 1940
Around 2230GH/4, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Penang to patrol near Padang, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. (15)
12 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around noon, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) fuelled from the RFA tanker Appleleaf (5891 GRT, built 1917). (15)
15 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1100GH/15, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore from patrol. (15)
30 May 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1545GH/30, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore for Cocos Island. (15)
4 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0830FG/4, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Direction Island, Cocos Islands. (16)
7 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1300FG/7, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed the Cocos Islands for Penang. (16)
11 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 2010GH/11, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Penang from the Cocos Islands. (16)
13 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0040GH/13, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Penang to patrol in the northern entrance to the Malacca Straits. (16)
19 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1725GH/19, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) returned to Penang from patrol. (16)
22 Jun 1940
Around 2300GH/22, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Penang for patrol. She is to patrol to the north of Sabang. (16)
30 Jun 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1130GH/30, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore from patrol. (16)
20 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1830GH/20, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore from patrol. (17)
21 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1100GH/21, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore to patrol in the northern entrance to the Malacca Straits. (17)
23 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) is ordered to patrol to the west of northern Sumatra as en enemy raider may possibly be operating in that area. (17)
26 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0800GH/26, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Penang from patrol. (17)
31 Jul 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 2030GH/31, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Penang for escort duties
Around 0715GH/31, in approximate position 04°45'N, 98°25'E she joined the troop transport Orontes (British, 20097 GRT, built 1929) coming from Singapore.
They arrived at Colombo around 0715EF/4. (18)
5 Aug 1940
Around 0900EF/5, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Colombo for Penang. Shortly after departure she was ordered to proceed to Singapore instead. (19)
9 Aug 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1715GH/9, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore from Colombo. (19)
11 Aug 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1700GH/11, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore for Hong Kong. (19)
15 Aug 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1025H/15, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Hong Kong from Singapore. (19)
19 Aug 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0900H/19, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Hong Kong for the Yangtze estuary. She is to provide cover for the transport of troops from northern China. (20)
30 Aug 1940
Around 0740H/30, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) returned to Hong Kong from patrol.
She is docked later the same day. (19)
4 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) is undocked. (21)
9 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) conducted gunnery exercises off Hong Kong. (21)
10 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) conducted gunnery exercises off Hong Kong. These were followed by night encounter exercises with HMS Scout (Lt.Cdr. C.H. Holmes, RN). (21)
16 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1400H/16, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Hong Kong for Singapore. (21)
20 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1545GH/20, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore from Hong Kong. (21)
24 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0900GH/24, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore for Penang. (21)
25 Sep 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1345GH/25, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Penang from Singapore. (21)
13 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1015GH/13, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Penang for patrol. She is ordered to patrol to the west of northern Sumatra. (22)
19 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1140GH/19, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) returned to Penang from patrol. (22)
23 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0615GH/23, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Penang for escort duty with convoy BM 2 coming from Bombay.
[For more info on this convoy see the event ' Convoy BM 2 ' for 20 October 1940.] (22)
29 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Convoy BM 3.
This convoy departed Bombay on 29 October 1940.
It was made up of the following transports; Amra (British, 8314 GRT, built 1938, 940 troops and stores), Devonshire (British, 11275 GRT, built 1939, 1320 troops and stores), El Madina (British, 3962 GRT, built 1937, 937 troops and stores), Hosang (British, 5698 GRT, built 1922, 675 troops and stores) and Karoa (British, 7009 GRT, built 1915, 799 troops and stores).
On departure from Bombay the convoy was escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMAS Westralia (Cdr. A.S. Rosenthal, RAN).
Around 0735F/4, the light cruiser HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) joined the convoy in approximate position 05°15'N, 81°45'E.
Around 0600G/8, HMS Westralia parted company.
The convoy arrived at Singapore on 11 November 1940. (23)
30 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 0730GH/30, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Penang with convoy BM 2. (22)
31 Oct 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1530GH/31, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Penang for convoy escort duties. (22)
11 Nov 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1200GH/11, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Singapore with convoy BM 3. (24)
19 Nov 1940
Around 1000GH/19, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) departed Singapore for Hong Kong. (24)
23 Nov 1940 (position 0.00, 0.00)
Around 1200H/23, HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) arrived at Hong Kong from Singapore. (24)
25 Nov 1940
HMS Danae (Capt. A.C. Collinson, RN) is docked at the Hong Kong Dockyard. (24)
Sources
- ADM 53/108198
- ADM 53/108199
- ADM 53/108200
- ADM 53/107563 + ADM 53/108200
- ADM 53/108201 + ADM 199/2551
- ADM 53/108201
- ADM 53/108202
- ADM 53/108432 + ADM 199/374
- ADM 53/108432
- ADM 53/112101
- ADM 53/111745 + ADM 53/112101
- ADM 53/111921
- ADM 53/111922
- ADM 53/111923
- ADM 53/111924
- ADM 53/111925
- ADM 53/111926
- ADM 53/111926 + ADM 53/111927
- ADM 53/111927
- ADM 53/111927 + ADM 199/374
- ADM 53/111928
- ADM 53/111929
- ADM 199/383
- ADM 53/111930
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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