Tempest Hay, RN
Birth details unknown |
Ranks
Retired: 18 Apr 1969 Decorations |
Warship Commands listed for Tempest Hay, RN
Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
HMS Waldegrave (K 579) | Lt. | Frigate | 25 Jan 1944 | 24 Sep 1945 |
Career information
Serving on HMS Punjabi he received a Mention In Despatches and later Commanded The Captain Class Frigate HMS Waldegrave which operated with distinction in the Atlantic, English Channel and Normandy/Netherlands He later commanded a senior post in NATO operating from St Angelo in the Mediterranean.
Further to earlier data on Captain T. Hay there is actual footage of this officer boarding a yacht early in WW2 from HMS Punjabi taken by a fellow officer. It is ironic that Captain Hay later commanded a Captain Class Frigate HMS Waldegrave when his Commanding Officer of HMS Punjabi at the time of the loss of this destroyer having been cut in half by HMS King George V on May 1st 1942 - was Lt Cmdr Waldegrave!
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