Logie James Simpson, RNR
Birth details unknown |
Ranks
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Warship Commands listed for Logie James Simpson, RNR
Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
HMS Loch Oskaig (FY 175) | T/Lt. | ASW Trawler | 20 Jan 1940 | 14 Jun 1940 |
HMS Loch Monteith (FY 135) | T/Lt. | ASW Trawler | 14 Jun 1940 | 18 Dec 1940 |
HMS Nigella (K 19) | T/Lt. | Corvette | 22 Sep 1941 | Jul 1943 |
HMS Helmsdale (K 253) | T/A/Lt.Cdr. | Frigate | 1 Sep 1943 | 27 Dec 1943 |
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Events related to this officer
Corvette HMS Nigella (K 19)
12 Mar 1943
HMS Nigella picks up 30 survivors from the American merchant James B. Stephens that was torpedoed and sunk on 8 March 1943 by German U-boat U-160 about 150 nautical miles north-east of Durban, South-Africa in position 28°53'S, 33°18'E.
[It is often stated that the cruiser HMS Nigeria picked up these survivors but this is incorrect.] (1)
Sources
- ADM 199/2491
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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