Nigel Edward Godfrey Roper DSO, RN
| Ranks | | | 1 Nov 1929 | S.Lt. | | 1 Aug 1931 | Lt. | | 1 Aug 1939 | Lt.Cdr. | | 31 Dec 1945 | Cdr. | | 30 Jun 1951 | Capt. |
Decorations |
Warship Commands listed for Nigel Edward Godfrey Roper, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Amazon (D 39) | Lt. | Destroyer | 1 May 1939 | Apr 1942 |
| HMS Redoubt (H 41) | Lt.Cdr. | Destroyer | Aug 1942 | 24 Sep 1944 |
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Events related to this officer
15 Sep 1940
The Canadian merchant Kenordoc is shelled and damaged about 44 nautical miles west-north-west of Rockall in position 57º42'N, 15º02'W by the German submarine U-99. HMS Amazon (Lt.Cdr. N.E.G. Roper, RN) later scuttles the damaged Kenordoc.
1 Dec 1942
The Italian blockade breaker Cortellazzo had departed Bordeaux bound for Japan on 29 November 1942. The next day the ship was spotted by a Sunderland flying boat. The British destroyer HMS Redoubt (Lt.Cdr. N.E.G. Ropner, DSO, RN) and the Australian destroyer HMAS Quickmatch (Lt.Cdr. R. Rhoades, DSC, RAN)
were detached from convoy KMF-4 to intercept the Italian ship. They did so on 1 December and after the Italians had abandoned ship she was sunk by torpedo by HMS Redoubt about 470 nautical miles west of Cape Finisterre, Spain in position 44º00'N, 20º00'W.
