William Brown Piggott RD, DSC, RNR
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Warship Commands listed for William Brown Piggott, RNR
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Mallow (K 81) | Lt.Cdr. | Corvette | 21 May 1940 | 1 Jul 1941 |
| HMS Fleetwood (L 47 / U 47) | Cdr. | Sloop | 20 Jul 1942 | Jul 1944 |
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Events related to this officer
Corvette HMS Mallow (K 81)
17 Nov 1940
HMS Mallow (Lt.Cdr. W.B. Piggott, RNR) picks up 18 survivors from the British merchant Saint Germain that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-137 north-north-west of Tory Island in position 55º40'N, 08º40'W.
Sloop HMS Fleetwood (L 47 / U 47)
11 May 1943
The German submarine U-528 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 46º55'N, 14º44'W, by depth charges from a British Handley Page Halifax aircraft (Sqdn. 58/D) and by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Fleetwood (Cdr. W.B. Piggot, OBE, RNR).
2 Nov 1943
The German submarine U-340 was sunk at 0430hrs on 2 November 1943 near Tangier, in position 35º33'N, 06º37'W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Fleetwood (Cdr. W.B. Piggott, DSC, RD, RNR) and the British destroyers HMS Active (Lt.Cdr. P.G. Merriman, DSC, RN) and HMS Witherington (Lt.Cdr. R.B.S. Tennant, RN) and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 179/R).