The destroyers HMS Inglefield and HMS Intrepid were detached and the carrier launched four Swordfish aircraft, one of them forced the U-boat to dive without damaging it at 1700 hours.Īt about 1800 hours, another U-boat, U-29, spotted the carrier group and began chasing it, but had no chance to get into a favorable attack position until the carrier turned into the wind to recover the four Swordfish returning from the search for U-53. Josselyn, RN).Īt 1445 hours, the group picked up a distress call from the British merchant Kafiristan that was being attacked by the German submarine U-53 about 350 miles west of Cape Clear. Makeig-Jones, RN) was on anti-submarine patrol about 350 nautical miles west of Lands End, still escorted by HMS Inglefield (Capt. HMS Courageous sinking as seen from one of the escorting destroyers. Mountbatten, GCVO, RN) departed Plymouth for a patrol in the Western Approaches.
Abbott, AM, RN) and the destroyer HMS Kelly (Capt. Abbott, AM, RN) both departed Portland to provide cover for convoy operations to and from France. Abbott, AM, RN) conducted gunnery exercises off Portland. The page for HMS Ceres was last updated in March 2022. Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. You can help improve our commands sectionĬlick here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel. (retired) Wilmot Pynson Bennitt, DSC, RNĬdr. Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) Harry William Vaughan Stephenson, RN Please note that we're still working on this sectionĪnd that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
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