Francis Harden Gray RD, RNR
Birth details unknown |
Ranks
Retired: 1 Jul 1950 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Francis Harden Gray, RNR
Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
HMS Woodruff (K 53) | Lt. | Corvette | 28 Feb 1942 | mid 1943 |
HMS Inver (K 302) | Lt. | Frigate | 19 Jul 1943 | 3 Feb 1945 |
HMS Sarawak (K 591) | Lt.Cdr. | Frigate | 15 Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
Corvette HMS Woodruff (K 53)
21 May 1942
HMS Woodruff (A/Lt.Cdr. F.H. Gray, RNR) scuttles the British tanker Montenol with gunfire. The Montenol was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36°41'N, 22°45'W.
HMS Woodruff also picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant New Brunswick that was also torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-159 about 140 nautical miles east-south-east of Santa Maria, Azores in position 36°53'N, 22°55'W.
27 Oct 1942
The British merchant Stentor is torpedoed and sunk north-west of the Canary Islands in position 29°13'N, 20°53'W by German U-boat U-509. 207 survivors were picked up by HMS Woodruff (A/Lt.Cdr. F.H. Gray, RNR).
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