Ian Hunter Bell, RCNVR

Birth details unknown
Died  21 Aug 1944HMCS Alberni

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Warship Commands listed for Ian Hunter Bell, RCNVR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Ville de Quebec (K 242)Corvette30 Sep 194211 Oct 1942
HMCS Alberni (K 103)Corvette12 Oct 194221 Aug 1944 (+)

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Events related to this officer

Corvette HMCS Alberni (K 103)


27 Oct 1942
HMCS Alberni (Lt. I.H. Bell, RCNVR) picks up 12 surivors from the American tanker Gurney E. Newlin that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-436 in the North Atlantic in position 54º51'N, 30º06'W.

The abandoned Gurney E. Newlin was finally sunk the next day by the German submarine U-606.

28 Oct 1942
HMCS Alberni (Lt. I.H. Bell, RCNVR) and HMCS Ville de Quebec (Lt.Cdr. A.R.E. Coleman, RCNR) together pick up 81 survivors from the British whale factory ship Sourabaya that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day in the North Atlantic in position 54º32'N, 31º02'W by the German submarine U-436

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