William Josselyn Moore DSC, RNR
Birth details unknown |
Ranks
Retired: 10 Feb 1962 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for William Josselyn Moore, RNR
Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
HMS Bideford (L 43 / U 43) | Lt.Cdr. | Sloop | 15 Nov 1940 | 22 Nov 1942 |
HMS Whimbrel (U 29) | Lt.Cdr. | Sloop | 2 Dec 1942 | 20 Apr 1944 |
HMS Ascension (K 502) | Cdr. | Frigate | Sep 1944 | mid 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
Sloop HMS Bideford (L 43 / U 43)
23 Sep 1941
HMS Bideford (Lt.Cdr. W.J. Moore, RNR) picks up 63 survivors from the British merchant Edward Blyden that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by German U-boat U-103 southwest of the Canary Islands in position 27°36'N, 24°29'W.
2 Nov 1942
HMS Bideford (Lt.Cdr. W.J. Moore, RNR) picks up 31 survivors from the British passenger ship Abosso that was torpedoed and sunk on 29 October 1942 by German U-boat U-575 about 700 nautical miles north-west of the Azores in position 48°30'N, 28°50'W.
Frigate HMS Ascension (K 502)
25 Nov 1944 (position 60.18, -4.52)
German U-boat U-482 was sunk in the North Atlantic west of the Shetlands, in position 60°18'N, 04°52'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Ascension (Cdr. W.J. Moore. DSC, RNR).
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