Edmond Rollo Mainguy OBE, RCN

Birth details unknown

Ranks

9 May 1922Lt.
15 Mar 1929Lt.Cdr.
31 Dec 1936Cdr.
1 Jun 1941Capt
1 Jul 1947Rear-Admiral
1 Dec 1951Vice-Admiral


Retired: 1 Jan 1956

Decorations

1 Jan 1943OBE

Warship Commands listed for Edmond Rollo Mainguy, RCN


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Assiniboine (I 18)Cdr.Destroyer10 Sep 19392 Apr 1940
HMCS Ottawa (i) (H 60)Cdr.Destroyer2 Apr 194020 Jul 1941
HMS Uganda (66)CaptLight cruiser15 Aug 194421 Oct 1944
HMCS Uganda (66)CaptLight Cruiser21 Oct 1944Oct 1945 ?

Career information

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Events related to this officer

Destroyer HMCS Assiniboine (I 18)


8 Mar 1940
The British light cruiser HMS Dunedin (Capt. C.E. Lambe, CVO, RN) and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine (Cdr. E.R. Mainguy, RCN) intercept and capture the German merchant Hannover near Jamaica.

The Hannover later became the first British escort carrier HMS Audacity.


Destroyer HMCS Ottawa (i) (H 60)


25 Sep 1940
HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. E.R. Mainguy, RCN) picks up 56 survivors from the British merchant Sulairia that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-43 356 nautical miles west of Achill Head in position 53º43'N, 20º10'W.

HMCS Ottawa also picks up 64 survivors from the British merchant Eurymedon that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-29 366 nautical miles west of Achill Head in position 53º34'N, 20º23'W.

23 Nov 1940
The Dutch merchant Bussum is torpedoed and sunk of the north-west coast of Ireland in position 55º39'N, 08º58'W by the German submarine U-100. HMCS Ottawa (Cdr. E.R. Mainguy, RCN) picks up 29 survivors.

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