Hamish Napier Lawson RD, RNR

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Ranks

??? Cdr.
31 Oct 1931 S.Lt.
31 Aug 1933 Lt.
31 Aug 1941 Lt.Cdr.
30 Jun 1956 Capt.

Retired: 19 Aug 1962


Decorations

Jan 1943 RD

Warship Commands listed for Hamish Napier Lawson, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Cyclamen (K 83)Lt.Corvette16 Sep 19403 Aug 1943
HMS Moyola (K 260)Lt.Cdr.Frigate24 Nov 1942mid 1944
HMS Dominica (K 507)Lt.Cdr.Frigate8 Jul 1944mid 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMS Cyclamen (K 83)


8 Jun 1941
HMS Cyclamen (Lt. H.N. Lawson, RNR) picks up 415 survivors from the British passenger ship Adda that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-107 82 nautical miles west-south-west of Freetown in position 08°30'N, 14°39'W.


Frigate HMS Moyola (K 260)


9 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Moyola (Lt.Cdr. H.N. Lawson, RD, RNR) conducted exercises off Freetown. (1)

30 Aug 1943 (position 0.00, 0.00)
HMS Bridgewater (Cdr.(Retd.) N.W.H. Weekes, OBE, RN), HMS Milford (Lt.Cdr. G. MacClelland, RN), HMS Exe (A/Cdr. M.A.O. Biddulph, DSC, RN), HMS Moyola (Lt.Cdr. H.N. Lawson, RD, RNR), HMS Armeria (Lt. M. Todd, RNR) and HMS Petunia (A/Lt.Cdr. G.E. Newey, RNR) conducted depth charge exercises off Freetown. (1)

Sources

  1. ADM 199/635

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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