Philip Frederick Powlett DSO, DSC, RN
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Warship Commands listed for Philip Frederick Powlett, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Shearwater (L 39 / K 39) | Lt.Cdr. | Patrol vessel | 5 Sep 1939 | 20 Jan 1941 |
| HMS Blankney (L 30) | Lt.Cdr. | Escort destroyer | 27 Feb 1941 | 11 Mar 1943 |
| HMS Cassandra (R 62) | Cdr. | Destroyer | 12 Jun 1944 | early 1945 |
| HMS Dauntless (D 45) | Cdr. | Light cruiser | 31 Mar 1945 |
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Escort destroyer HMS Blankney (L 30)
17 Dec 1941
German U-boat U-131 was sunk north-east of Madeira, Portugal, in position 34°12'N, 13°35'W, by depth charges and gunfire from the British escort destroyers HMS Exmoor (Lt.Cdr. L.StG. Rich, RN) and HMS Blankney(Lt.Cdr. P.F. Powlett, DSC, RN), the British destroyer HMS Stanley (Lt.Cdr. D.B. Shaw, OBE, RN), the British corvette HMS Pentstemon (Lt.Cdr. J. Byron, RNR (retired)) and the British sloop HMS Stork (Cdr. F.J. Walker, RN), and by depth charges from a Martlet aircraft (Sqdn. 802) of the British escort carrier HMS Audacity (Cdr. D.W. Mackendrick, RN).
18 Dec 1941
German U-boat U-434 was sunk in the North Atlantic north of Madeira, Portugal, in position 36°15'N, 15°48'W, by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Blankney (Lt.Cdr. P.F. Powlett, DSC, RN) and the British destroyer HMS Stanley (Lt.Cdr. D.B. Shaw, OBE, RN).
Destroyer HMS Cassandra (R 62)
11 Dec 1944
British destroyer HMS Cassandra (Cdr. P.F. Powlett, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) was hit by a Gnat torpedo fired by German U-boat U-365. The entire bow ahead of the forward magazine, including 'A' gun turret were blown off and the structure abaft this to the forward bulkhead of the fuel tanks was wrecked. Cassandra was taken in tow (stern first) by the British frigate HMS Bahamas (T/A/Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomson, RNR). Later the tow was passed over to a Soviet tug which towed her to the Kola Inlet. 62 men lost their lives in this attack.