Hugh Parker Crail DSC, RNR
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| Ranks
Retired: 1 Jul 1950 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Hugh Parker Crail, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Northern Spray (FY 129) | Lt. | ASW Trawler | 1 Jul 1940 | Apr 1941 |
| HMS Vervain (K 190) | Lt. | Corvette | 21 Apr 1941 | mid 1943 |
| HMS Shiel (K 305) | Lt. | Frigate | 30 Sep 1943 | late 1945 |
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Corvette HMS Vervain (K 190)
10 Jun 1942
HMS Vervain (Lt. H.P. Crail, RNR) picks up 8 survivors from the British merchant Ramsay that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-94 in the North Atlantic in position 51°53'N, 34°59'W.
18 Nov 1942
HMS Vervain (Lt. H.P. Crail, RNR) picks up 52 men from the American merchant Yaka that was torpedoed and damaged by German U-boat U-624 south-south-east of Cape Farewell. The abandoned Yaka was finally torpedoed and sunk later that day by German U-boat U-522 in position 54°07'N, 38°26'W.
1 Mar 1943
HMS Vervain (Lt. H.P. Crail, RNR) picks up 66 survivors from the American merchant Wade Hampton that was torpedoed and sunk on 28 February 1943 by German U-boat U-405 in the North Atlantic, east of Cape Farewell, in position 59°49'N, 34°43'W.
20 Mar 1943
HMS Vervain (Lt. H.P. Crail, RNR) picks up 5 survivors from the British merchant Fort Lamy that was torpedoed and sunk on 8 March 1943 by German U-boat U-527 in the North Atlantic, south-east of Cape Farewell, in position 58°30'N, 31°00'W.
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