Norman Leslie Knight, RNR

Birth details unknown

Ranks

1 Apr 1937S.Lt.
19 Feb 1940Lt.

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Norman Leslie Knight, RNR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMS Saxifrage (K 04)Lt.Corvette31 May 194217 May 1943

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMS Saxifrage (K 04)


4 Jul 1942
HMS Saxifrage (Lt. N.L. Knight, RNR) picks up 35 survivors from the British merchant Putney Hill that was torpedoed and finally sunk with gunfire on 26 June 1942 by the German submarine U-203 about 450 nautical miles east-north-east of Puerto Rico in position 24º20'N, 63º16'W.

4 Jan 1943
HMS Saxifrage (Lt. N.L. Knight, RNR) picks up 27 men from the British tanker British Vigilance that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-514 about 900 nautical miles north-east of Barbados in position 20º58'N, 44º40'W.

9 Jan 1943
HMS Saxifrage (Lt. N.L. Knight, RNR) picks up 34 survivors from the British tanker Empire Lytton that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-442 west of the Canary Islands in position 28º08'N, 28º20'W.

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