Clarence Aubrey King DSO, RCNR

Birth details unknown

Ranks

29 Aug 1939T/Lt.
28 May 1940T/A/Lt.Cdr.

Decorations

26 Dec 1942DSO

Warship Commands listed for Clarence Aubrey King, RCNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Saskatoon (K 158)T/A/Lt.Cdr.Corvette5 Feb 194214 Feb 1942
HMCS Nipigon (J 154)T/A/Lt.Cdr.Minesweeper15 Feb 194211 May 1942
HMCS Oakville (K 178)T/A/Lt.Cdr.Corvette12 May 194221 Apr 1943
HMCS Swansea (K 328)T/A/Lt.Cdr.Frigate< 4 Oct 194 Nov 1944
HMCS Runnymede (K 678)T/A/Lt.Cdr.Frigate9 Jun 1945

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMCS Oakville (K 178)


28 Aug 1942
The German submarine U-94 was sunk in the Caribbean Sea, in position 17º40'N, 74º30'W by depth charges from an American Catalina aircraft (VP-92) and ramming by the Canadian corvette HMCS Oakville (T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. King, DSC, RCNR).


Frigate HMCS Swansea (K 328)


10 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-845 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 48º20'N, 20º33'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Forester, the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Laurent, the Canadian corvette HMCS Owen Sound and the Canadian frigate HMCS Swansea.

14 Apr 1944
The German submarine U-448 in the North Atlantic north-east of the Azores, in position 46º22'N, 19º35'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS Swansea (A/Cdr. C.A. King, DSO, DSC, RCNR) and the British sloop HMS Pelican (Cdr. J.S. Dalison, DSO, RN).

22 Apr 1944
The German submarine U-311 in the North Atlantic south west of Iceland in position 52º09'N, 19º07'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigates HMCS Matane (Lt.Cdr. A.F.C. Layard, DSO, RN) and HMCS Swansea (A/Cdr. C.A. King, DSO, DSC, RCNR).

1 Sep 1944
The German submarine U-247 was sunk in the Channel some 11 nautical miles south-east of Lands End, in position 49º54'N, 05º49'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigates HMCS Saint John (A/Lt.Cdr. W.R. Stacey, RCNR) and HMCS Swansea (Lt.Cdr. A.F.C. Layard, DSO, RN).

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