Lennox William Napier DSO, DSC, RN
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Retired: 28 Dec 1961 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Lennox William Napier, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS H 34 (N 34) | Lt. | Submarine | 18 Sep 1940 | 13 Jan 1941 |
| HMS Rorqual (N 74) | Lt. | Submarine | 1 Jun 1941 | 19 Jan 1942 |
| HMS Tigris (N 63) | Lt. | Submarine | 19 Jan 1942 | 15 Apr 1942 |
| HMS Rorqual (N 74) | Lt. | Submarine | 16 Apr 1942 | 1 Dec 1943 |
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Submarine HMS Rorqual (N 74)
25 Aug 1941
HMS Rorqual (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines off Cap Skinari, Greece.
28 Aug 1941
HMS Rorqual (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Cilicia (2747 GRT) about 40 nautical miles south-south-west of Schiza Island in position 36º25'N, 21º01'E.
30 Aug 1941
HMS Rorqual (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Monstella (5311 GRT) north-west of Paxi island, Greece in position 39º32'N, 19º53'E. The damaged vessel was towed to Corfu.
8 Oct 1941
HMS Rorqual (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines in the Gulf of Athens.
20 Oct 1941
The Italian torpedo boats Altair and Aldebaran (both 647 tons) run into a minefield laid by Rorqual (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) on 8 October 1941 and sink south of the Gulf of Athens, Greece in position 37º22'N, 23º52'E.
21 Oct 1941
HMS Rorqual (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 10 mines off Isola dei Cavoli off south-east Sardinia.
22 Oct 1941
HMS Rorqual (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 40 mines off Capo Ferrato, south-east Sardinia.
19 Nov 1941
HMS Rorqual (Lt. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle, France. The same day the French fishing vessel Coligny (600 GRT) hits one of these mines and sinks.
30 Aug 1942
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines south-east of Corfu. She also torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Monstella (5311 GRT) in the Ionian Sea off Corfu Island in position 39º32'N, 19º53'E.
8 Dec 1942
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 33 mines off Bizerte, Tunisia.
13 Dec 1942
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 11 mines off Isola d'Ischia near Naples, Italy.
18 Dec 1942
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Piero Foscari (3423 GRT) in the Gulf of Gaeta, Italy north-east of Ischia island in position 40º53'N, 13º39'E. The damaged Italian vessel is towed to port.
21 Dec 1942
The Italian auxiliary minesweeper AS 99 / Zani sinks off La Golette on a mine laid by the British submarine HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN).
18 Jan 1943
The German troop transport Ankara (4768 GRT) sinks about 5 nautical miles north-east of Cani Island on a mine laid the same day by the British submarine Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN). Rorqual laid 48 mines that day.
24 Feb 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines off Isola Marettimo, to the west of Sicily, Italy.
22 Mar 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines off Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
4 Apr 1943
The (brand-new) Italian merchant Carbonello A. (1593 GRT) is damaged when she hits a mine off Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The mine was laid by HMS Rorqual.
22 Apr 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines off Isola Favignana west of Sicily, Italy.
30 Apr 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines off Isola Marettimo, to the west of Sicily, Italy.
15 May 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, RN) lays 50 mines off Punta Stilo, Calabria, Italy.
2 Jul 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) lays 29 mines off the Gulf of Kassandra, Greece.
At 1057 hours (time zone -3) Rorqual laid the first mine in position 196º,Kassandra Point, 2.0 nautical miles. 29 mines were laid in direction 140º for 0.8 nautical mile, thence 270º for 0.8 nautical mile. Depth setting was 10 feet, spacing 300 feet.
3 Jul 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) lays her remaining 21 mines in the Skiathos Channel.
At 0957 hours (time zone -3) Rorqual laid the first mine in position 349º, Cape Sepias, 5.1 nautical miles. 21 mines were laid in direction 100º, over a total lenght of 1.2 nautical miles. The lay was completed at 1012 hours.
7 Jul 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Wilhemsburg (7020 GRT, former Greece Petrakis Nomikou) about 5 nautical miles west of Tenedos Island, Greece in position 39º55'N, 25º50'E.
At 0510 hours (time zone -3), while Rorqual was in position 310º Ponente light (Tenedos) 13 nautical miles, two destroyers were sighted 4 nautical miles away slowly proceeding towards the Dardanelles. Lt.Cdr. Napier judged that this must be the escort for the expected convoy. At 0703 hours smoke was seen comingfrom the straits and the destroyers made off to close the straits.
At 0802 hours the convoy was seen to form up. It cosisted of a large tanker, the two destroyers sighted earlier, a corvette with three aircraft overhead.
At 0859 hours four torpedoes were fired. Two hits were obtained. Immediately after the attack 16 depth charges were dropped. They were near enough to do some light damage such as to lights and some minor fittings.
At 1025 another 10 depth charges were dropped but these were not at all close. At 1050 hours Rorqual came to periscope depth. The corvette was seen hunting about two nautical miles away. Nothing else was in sight.
5 Aug 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) lays 29 mines off the Gulf of Saloniki, Greece.
6 Aug 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) lays her remaining 21 mines off Lemnos, Greece.
7 Aug 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) torpedoes and sinks the French merchant (in German service) Nantaise (1798 GRT) in the Aegean Sea in position 38º05'N, 25º48'E.
7 Sep 1943
The French merchant (in German service) P.L.M. 24 (5391 GRT) sinks in the Aegean some 10 nautical miles north of Skiathos Island, Greece in position 39º22'N, 23º25'E on a mine laid by the British submarine HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN).
9 Sep 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) lays 15 mines off Trikeri, Greece.
10 Sep 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) lays another 15 mines in the Skiathos Channel.
11 Sep 1943
HMS Rorqual (Lt.Cdr. L.W. Napier, DSO, RN) lays her remaining 20 mines off Lemnos, Greece.