William Donald Aelian King DSO, DSC, RN
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Retired: 6 Feb 1948 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for William Donald Aelian King, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Snapper (N 39) | Lt. | Submarine | 16 Apr 1939 | Dec 1940 |
| HMS Trusty (N 45) | Lt.Cdr. | Submarine | 15 Mar 1941 | Apr/May 42 |
| HMS Telemachus (P 321) | Cdr. | Submarine | 21 Jul 1943 | 20 Aug 1945 |
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Events related to this officer
Submarine HMS Snapper (N 39)
3 Dec 1939
HMS Snapper (Lt. W.D.A. King, RN) is mistakenly attacked by a British aircraft when returning to Harwich after a patrol in the North Sea. Although suffering a direct hit no damage was done. Snapper terminated her patrol at Harwich on 6 December.
12 Apr 1940
HMS Snapper (Lt. W.D.A. King, RN) sinks the small German tanker Moonsund (322 GRT) with gunfire off Larvik, Norway in position 58º53'N, 10º43'E.
14 Apr 1940
While operating in the Skaggerak HMS Snapper (Lt. W.D.A. King, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Florida (6150 GRT) in position 58º10'N, 10º59'E.
15 Apr 1940
Still operating in the Skaggerak HMS Snapper (Lt. W.D.A. King, RN) torpedoed and sinks the German auxiliary minesweepers M 1701 / H. M. Behrens (525 GRT) and M 1702 / Carsten Janssen (472 GRT) north-east of Skagen, Denmark in position 57º55'N, 10º53'E.
6 May 1940
HMS Snapper (Lt. W.D.A. King, RN) attackes the German armed merchant cruiser Schiff 21 / Widder with 2 torpedoes east of Denmark in position 55º35'N, 07º16'E. However the torpedoes miss their target.
25 Jun 1940
HMS Snapper (Lt. W.D.A. King, DSO, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German armed trawler V 1107 / Portland (286 GRT) south of Stavanger, Norway in position 58º54'N, 05º05'E.
3 Jul 1940
HMS Snapper (Lt. W.D.A. King, DSO, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Cygnus (1334 GRT, offsite link) west of Hadryet, Norway in position 58º13'N, 05º06'E. Lt. King also claims to have damaged a second ship but this was not the case.
Submarine HMS Trusty (N 45)
4 Dec 1941
At 1217hours HMS Trusty (Lt.Cdr. W.D.A. King, DSO, DSC, RN) makes a torpedo attack on ' what is identified as ' an Italian Grecale-class destroyer west of Zakynthos island, Greece in position 37º46'N, 20º25'E. All torpedoes fired however missed their target. The attack was most likely against the Italian torpedo boat Orsa.
HMS Trusty is often credited with the sinking of the Italian merchant Eridano (3586 GRT) but this ship was sunk by HMS Perseus.
Submarine HMS Telemachus (P 321)
17 Jul 1944
HMS Telemachus (Cdr. W.D.A. King, DSO, DSC, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese submarine I-166 (1635 tons, offsite link) in the Strait of Malacca in position 01º10'N, 103º45'E.