Ian Hunter Bell, RCNVR

Birth details unknown

Ranks

28 Apr 1940T/A.Lt.
28 Apr 1941T/Lt.
1 Jan 1944T/A/Lt.Cdr.
1 Jan 1945T/Lt.Cdr.


Retired: 3 Oct 1945

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Ian Hunter Bell, RCNVR


ShipRankTypeFromTo
HMCS Swift Current (J 254)T/Lt.Minesweeper19 Apr 194227 Sep 1942
HMCS Ville de Quebec (K 242)T/Lt.Corvette30 Sep 194211 Oct 1942
HMCS Alberni (K 103)T/Lt.Corvette12 Oct 194221 Aug 1944

Career information

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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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